eighth-grade final exam(1985)..makapasar kaha tah anih karon???

[deanah]

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It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , KS , and reprinted by the Salina Journal. Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
Grammar (Time, one hour)

• Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
• Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
• Define verse, s tanza and paragraph
• What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of "lie", "play", and "run."
• Define case; illustrate each case.
• What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
• Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 65 minutes)

• Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
• A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
• If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
• District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
• Find the cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
• Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
• What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?
• Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
• What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
• Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

• Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
• Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus .
• Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
• Show the territorial growth of the United States .
• Tell what you can of the h istory of Kansas .
• Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
• Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , L incoln , Penn, and Howe?
• Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, a! nd 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour) (Do we even know what this is)

• What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, and syllabication.
• What are elementary sounds? How classified?
• What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, sub vocal, diphthong, cognate letters, and lingual.
• Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
• Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
• Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
• Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi-, dis-, mis-, pre-, semi-, post-, non-, i nter-, mono-, and sup-.
• Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
• Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
• Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

• What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
• How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
• Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
• Describe the mountains of North America
• Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
• Name and locate! the principal trade centers of the U.S.
• Name all the republics of: Europe and give the capital of each.
• Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
• Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
• Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

[deanah]

This is just their 8TH GRADE final exam before. Imagine that!!!!Prmizz...bagsak jud pud ko ani!!)

[PipayNove]

wow amazing,,maybe if that of kind of exam were continuously implemented,kapasar guro ta oi!

[coolguyiam20]

mkaboang..ehheheh

[mushroom]

what a stupid exam. i think it's fake.

[inc-pankz]

sus ngano gud tawn mo take tag american exam lols. .

wai filipino exam dha?

[serpentboy]

asuuuuuuus! sila kuno pangutan-on "ano ang balarila?" "pandiwa, pang-abay, pang-ukol" ""iba't-ibang klase ng alipin" pun-an pa'g el filibusterismo ug noli... DUH!!!

[PR0CESS0R]

Igo ra jud kapasar.

[kenneth182]

Nosebleed!!!

[jewel_anne10]

siguro makapasar jud ko: pasang-awa lol