This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS.
 > USA.
 > It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky
 > Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by
 > the Salina Journal.
 >
 > 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895
 >
 > Grammar (Time, one hour)
 > 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
 > 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no
 >     modifications.
 > 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
 > 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of
 >     do, lie, lay and run.
 > 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
 > 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of
 >     Punctuation.
 > 7 - 10.  Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein
 >    that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
 >
 > Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
 > 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
 > 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How
 >    many bushels of wheat will it hold?
 > 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts.
 >    per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
 > 4. 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?
 > 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
 > 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7
 >    percent.
 > 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at
 >    $20 per m?
 > 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
 > 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per are, the distance
 >    around which is 640 rods?
 > 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
 >
 > U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
 > 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
 > 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
 > 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
 > 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
 > 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
 > 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of theRebellion.
 > 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln,
 >    Penn, and Howe?
 > 8. Name events connected with the following dates:
 >     1607
 >     1620
 >     1800
 >     1849
 >     1865
 >
 > Orthography (Time, one hour)
 > 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic,
 >    orthography, etymology, syllabication?
 > 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
 > 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph,
 >    subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
 > 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
 > 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two
 >    exceptions under each rule.
 > 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling.
 >    Illustrate each.
 > 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a
 >    word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono,super.
 > 8. 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.
 > 9. Use the following correctly in sentences,
 >    Cite, site, sight,
 >    fane,fain, feign,
 >    vane, vain, vein,
 >    raze, raise, rays.
 > 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced andindicate
 >    pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
 >
 > Geography (Time, one hour)
 > 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
 > 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
 > 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is theocean?
 > 4. Describe the mountains of North America.
 > 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver,
 >     Manitoba,Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and
 >    Orinoco.
 > 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
 > 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
 > 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same
 >    latitude?
 > 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to
 >    the sources of rivers.
 > 10. Describe the movements of the earth.
 >     Give inclination of the earth.
 > - -------------------------------------------------
 > Imagine a college student who went to public school trying to pass
 > this test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized.
 > - --------------------------------
 > Gives the saying of an early 20th century person that "she/he
 > only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning!