Part 2
66 Maintenance means contention continuance corruption cowardice resource 66 67 To meditate is to escort gossip ponder transgress withhold 67 68 Covetous means avaricious bountiful gaudy gray-headed harassed 68 69 Minimum means the largest least most newest oldest 69 70 To chastise is to promise publish punish purchase trifle 70
71 A sequel is something that excels follows interrupts precedes yields 71 72 Ceaseless means boisterous diminished discontented ended incessant 72 73 Emphatic means forcible frantic incurable pernicious reluctant 73 74 To subvert means to overturn shorten sling sojourn spurn 74 75 To be infamous is to be doubtful polished shameful sorrowful valuable 75
76 To be languid is to be courteous domestic doubtful spiritless jolly 76 77 An associate is an adversary ally antagonist emigrant ensign 77 78 To be Vigilant means to be aloof betrothed betwixt lawless watchful 78 79 Decisive means conclusive dazzled genuine profane prudent 79 80 A scullion is a grasshopper gymnasium haycock hedgehog servant 80
81 Usury has to do with chivalry fiction homage loans manufactures 81 82 Perspective has to do with drawing expenses mining religion warfare 82 83 An insurrection is a fugitive rebellion publication punishment hermit 83 84 A reprobate is one who is very cowardly ugly wealthy wicked youthful 84 85 Candid means illegitimate impeccable imperious incisive ingenuous 85
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TEST 4. ARITHMETIC: COMPUTATION
Get the answers to these examples as quickly as you can without making mistakes.
Look carefully at each example to see what you are to do.
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Begin here. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Add Add Add 3 + 2 = 3 + 4 = 2 7 13 5 4 2 --- --- ----
(6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Add Subtract Subtract Add 17 4 7 16 2 2 4 2 × 3 = 53 ---- --- --- 32 ----
(11) (12) (13) (14) (15) Subtract Subtract Subtract Subtract Multiply 16 96 13 765 26 5 25 5 327 2 ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) Multiply Divide Divide Add 253 684876542 6 ÷ 3 = 6 ______ ______ 791654220 ------ 2)6 4)8 587339364 -----------
(21) (22) (23) (24) (25) Add Multiply Multiply 24 6389 4679 ______ 12 4/5 7 68 2/ 15.8 2 7/8 - 1 = ------- ------- ------
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TEST 4, CONTINUED
(26) (27) (28) (29) (30) Subtract _______ 1/4 of 828 = 9 2/5 - 4 1/5 = 79 1 .45/27.90 16 3/8 - × 2 = -------- 7
(31) (32) (33) (34) Multiply Multiply 3 4/3 ÷ 1 1/2 = 9.72 697 1/2 27 6 21.9 18 ---- ÷ --- = -------- -------- 28 7
(35) (36) 4.40 + .00044 + 4400 + .04 = 48.76 - 4 3/20 =
(37) (38) 1/2 + 3/4 + 1/6 + 2/3 + 7/8 = 27.34 + 2 1/4 + 89.2 + 4 3/4 =
(39) (40) 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 = 1 3/4 + 25.2 + 1 1/5 + 48.961 =
(41) (42) (43) (44) Subtract Add _______ (4)^3= 8 yd. 1 ft. 3 in. 5 yr. 9 mo. \/ 45369 6 yd. 3 ft. 9 in. 6 yr. 7 mo. ------------------ 8 yr. 2 mo. -------------
(45) (46) (47) Express as a decimal Multiply to three places 67.36 + 2/3 = 4 gals. 3 qts. 1 pt. 29 4 ---- = -------------------- 64
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TEST 5. ARITHMETIC: REASONING
Find all the answers as quickly as you can.
Write the answers on the dotted lines.
Use the blank sheets of paper to figure on.
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1 How many are 3 eggs and 2 eggs? Answer ........ 2 Mary is 7 years old. How old will she be in 3 years? Answer ........ 3 A hen had 9 chicks and 3 of them died. How many were left? Answer ........ 4 Milk costs 8 cents a pint and the milkman is going to raise the price 2 cents. What will it then cost? Answer ........ 5 If you buy a pencil for 4 cents and pay for it with a dime, how much change should you get? Answer ........
6 How many dimes are there in a dollar? Answer ........ 7 How many eggs are there in 7 nests if each nest has 3 eggs? Answer ........ 8 How many cents will 8 oranges cost at 3 cents each? Answer ........ 9 David earned $3.50 in June, $2.25 in July, and $1.50 in August. How much did he earn in all? Answer ........ 10 Frank bought 3 two-cent postage stamps and 13 one-cent stamps. How much did he pay for all? Answer ........
11 Five girls buy a present costing 25 cents. How many cents does each pay? Answer ........ 12 If a train goes 60 miles in three hours, how far does it go in one hour? Answer ........ 13 John has saved $3.75. How many dollars more does he need to buy a pony which costs $45.75? Answer ........ 14 A man pays the street-car fare for himself and two friends. If the fare is 7¢, how much change should he receive from a half dollar? Answer ........ 15 A train which was due at 2 P.M. was 3 1/2 hours late. When did it arrive? Answer ........
16 What is the cost of 10 oranges at 2 for 5 cents? Answer ........ 17 Edward has $1.67 in the bank and takes out 2 quarters, a dime, and a cent. How much does he have left in the bank? Answer ........ 18 What is the cost of a 4 3/4-pound roast at 40 cents a pound? Answer ........ 19 A boy saved 5 cents a day for two weeks, and 10 cents a day for the next four weeks. How much money does he then have? Answer ........ 20 A gallon is equal to 231 cubic inches. How many gallons are there in a tank 6×7×11 inches? Answer ........
21 The tax rate in an Eastern city has varied as follows: 1910, 21¢ on each $100; 1911, 17¢ on each $100; 1912, 27¢ on each $100; 1913, 26¢ on each $100; 1914, 34¢ on each $100; 1915, 33¢ on each $100. The highest rate was how many times as great as the lowest? Answer ........
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TEST 5, CONTINUED
22 Henry was marked 87 in geography the first month, 91 the second, and 93 the third month. What was his average grade? Answer ........ 23 If the butcher's scales read one ounce too much on each weighing, how much is a customer overcharged on a pound of steak at 48¢ a pound? Answer ........ 24 At $1.00 a bushel for potatoes and $20.00 a car for freight, how much will a 400-bushel carload of potatoes cost? Answer ........ 25 Tom has just 4 weeds' vacation and wishes to spend it in a city which it takes two days to reach by train. How many days can he spend in the city? Answer ........
26 If a fence rail is 10 feet long, how many rails will it take to reach a mile? Answer ........ 27 Sound travels about 1100 ft. a second. If you see the flash of a cannon and 12 seconds later the sound reaches you, how far away is the cannon? Answer ........ 28 A man had $5000, from which he received 6 per cent income each year. In addition he earned $1500 in business. What was his total income for the year? Answer ........ 29 Frank and George buy 300 marbles for 50 cents. Frank pays 35 cents and George 15 cents. How many marbles should George receive? Answer ........ 30 If a watch gains 20 seconds in 24 hours, what fraction of a minute will it gain between noon and 6 P.M.? Answer ........
31 The heights of 4 boys in a class are 5 feet 10 inches, 5 feet 9 inches, 5 feet 7 inches, and 5 feet 6 inches. What is the average height? Answer ........ 32 An article which formerly sold at 12 cents was raised to 18 cents. What per cent was the price advanced? Answer ........ 33 A broker charges $25 commission on every sale plus 5 per cent on all over $200. What would be his commission on a $500 sale? Answer ........ 34 If 72 per cent of potatoes is water, how many pounds of solid material are there in a ton of potatoes? Answer ........ 35 A man invested $1000 in each of 3 different bonds. The first paid 8 per cent dividend and the second 6 per cent, but on the third he lost $5 on each hundred dollars invested. What was his net yearly gain on the three investments? Answer ........
36 If the circumference of a circle is 12.5664 feet, what is its diameter? Answer ........ 37 The regular price of a certain piece of linen is $4 per yard. A remnant 1 1/4 yards long is offered at $2.50. What per cent reduction is made? Answer ........ 38 A man six feet tall casts a shadow 8 feet long at 9 A.M. A telephone pole casts a shadow 100 feet long at the same time. How high is the pole? Answer ........ 39 It costs 43 cents to send a 10-pound parcel post package from New Orleans to Dallas. What will it cost to send an 8-pound package if the cost is 3 cents more on the first pound than on additional pounds? Answer ........ 40 If the hour hand of a clock is 3 inches long and the minute hand is 4 inches long, how far apart are the tips of the two hands at 9 A.M.? Answer ........
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TEST 6. NATURE STUDY AND SCIENCE
Samples: The number of cents in a dollar is 200 [100] 300 Our rain comes from the [clouds] moon stars
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1 Thanksgiving comes in July January November 1 2 The earth is shaped most like a baseball football pear 2 3 A sweet-smelling flower is the daisy poppy rose 3 4 The month before July is May June August 4 5 The axle is a part of an ax typewriter wagon 5
6 Alfalfa is a kind of corn fruit hay 6 7 Bacon comes from the cow hog sheep 7 8 An animal that builds dams is the alligator beaver turtle 8 9 Raisins are dried currants gooseberries grapes 9 10 London is in England Scotland Wales 10
11 The dahlia is a kind of animal flower fruit 11 12 The tractor is used in farming mining racing 12 13 Tarts are a kind of drink pastry vegetable 13 11 Planes are used chiefly by barbers blacksmiths carpenters 14 15 Rubber is obtained from animals oil trees 15
16 The antelope is a kind of deer rabbit wolf 16 17 The number of quarts in a gallon is 2 4 6 17 18 A telescope makes things look larger prettier smaller 18 19 Chop suey is a dish of the Chinese Indians Mexicans 19 20 A flower that grows from a bulb is the lily marigold poppy 20
21 The compass is used chiefly by sailors surgeons tailors 21 22 Serge is a kind of cloth drink wood 22 23 The article costing the least is coat gloves overcoat 23 24 The anvil is used by blacksmiths carpenters printers 24 25 A food requiring many eggs is "angel food" bread marmalade 25
26 Rye is most like beans corn wheat 26 27 The cotton gin was invented by Arkwright Watt Whitney 27 28 Beets are useful for making catsup sugar jellies 28 29 The earth moves completely around the sun in about 7 days 30 days 365 days 29 30 The most gold is produced in Alaska New York Tennessee 30
31 The lungs take from the air carbon dioxide nitrogen oxygen 31 32 The tadpole is the young of the fish frog lizard 32 33 Most of our anthracite coal comes from Alabama Colorado Pennsylvania 33 34 Molasses is obtained from grapes honey sugar cane 34 35 A great clothing-manufacturing state is Massachusetts Oregon Texas 35
36 A food rich in fats is butter eggs tapioca 36 37 An important meat-packing city is Chicago New Orleans Seattle 37 38 Lard comes from butter cattle hogs 38 39 A food containing considerable oil is rice potatoes walnuts 39 40 Linen is made from cotton flax hemp 40
41 The United States exports coffee cotton tea 41 42 A tree that will grow from cuttings is the oak pine willow 42 43 Organdie is a kind of cloth marmalade musical instrument 43 44 The common house fly often lays its eggs in leaves manure water 44 45 The greatest sugar-exporting country is Brazil Cuba Mexico 45
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TEST 6, CONTINUED
46 The Leghorn is a kind of cow owl goat 46 47 The panther is most like the cat dog wolf 47 48 Electric lights were invented by Edison Marconi Volts 48 49 The most wool is produced in Australia France Holland 49 50 Calcutta is a city in China Egypt India 50
51 Tapioca is chiefly fat starch sugar 51 52 The largest state in the Union is California New York Texas 52 53 The freezing point on the Centigrade thermometer 0° 32° 100° 53 54 The tooth's enamel is broken down by acids carbon dioxide starches 54 55 Air and gasoline are mixed in the accelerator carburetor gear-case 55
56 A crop which enriches the soil is clover potatoes tobacco 56 57 Distance above sea level is known as altitude latitude longitude 57 58 The house fly spreads bubonic plague typhoid yellow fever 58 59 A very important product of Minneapolis is automobiles flour meat 59 60 A food that has much the same food substance as rice is beans peas potatoes 60
61 A gross equals 64 144 500 61 62 Milk testers were devised by Babcock Bell Edison 62 63 The coarsest of these threads is No. 40 60 80 63 64 The differential is a part of an auto bicycle typewriter 64 65 The largest planet is Jupiter Neptune Saturn 65
66 A plant that can be grafted is the apple tree lily potato 66 67 The normal temperature of the human body is about 60° 98° 12° 67 68 Alcohol is made from gasoline grains oils 68 69 An avalanche causes destruction by burning sliding spouting 69 70 Most automobiles are manufactured in Michigan New York Iowa 70
71 The Nile is in Africa Asia Europe 71 72 A country that imports nearly half its food is England France Germany 72 73 Bronchitis resembles most dyspepsia headaches sore throat 73 74 A common ingredient of matches is calcium iodine phosphorus 74 75 A body that shines by reflected light is the moon North Star sun 75
76 Monsoons are a kind of plain plateau storm 76 77 The days are longest in March July October 77 73 The largest amount of corn is shipped from Denver Omaha Pittsburgh 78 79 Tokyo is a city of China India Japan 79 80 A place for storing weapons is called an abattoir arsenal cafeteria 80
81 A plant that thrives best in dry places is the lichen lily mushroom 81 82 The dictaphone is a kind of multigraph phonograph typewriter 82 83 The Wyandotte is a kind of fowl sheep watermelon 83 84 Linotypes are used in printing surveying weaving 84 85 An eight-sided figure is called an octagon scholium trapezium 85
86 "Pi" is equal to 7854 3.141 6666 86 87 Croquettes are a kind of food ornament weapon 87 88 A botanist is one who studies animals minerals plants 88 89 The technical name for hard coal is anthracite bituminous lignite 89 90 Air brakes are used on automobiles balloons trains 90
91 Deltas tend to grow larger smaller wetter 91 92 The Angora is a kind of chicken goat sheep 92 93 One of the lightest-known metals is aluminum tin zinc 93 94 The most expensive of these rugs is Axminster Brussels Oriental 94 95 Fondant is a kind of candy meat salad 95
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TEST 7. HISTORY AND LITERATURE
Draw a line under the word that makes the sentence true.
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1 An elf is a kind of animal brownie dragon 1 2 "The Glass Slipper" reminds us of Ali Baba Cinderella Goldilocks 2 3 The first President of the United States was Adams Jefferson Washington 3 4 The shepherd boy who became king was David Saul Solomon 4 5 Columbus made his first voyage to America in 1492 1620 1776 5
6 The highest officer of a city is the alderman chief of police mayor 6 7 Apollo was the god of rivers the sun wind 7 8 A battle of the Revolution was Bull Run Bunker Hill Tippecanoe 8 9 The god of mischief was Asgard Loki Mimir 9 10 Mount Olympus is located in Greece Italy Washington 10
11 Hiawatha was written by Bryant Longfellow Whittier 11 12 The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 1781 1789 12 13 A name made famous by Longfellow is Matthew Arnold Admiral Dewey Paul Revere 13 14 Kings are supposed to rule for 4 years 8 years life 14 15 "The Children's Hour" was written by Longfellow Riley Stevenson 15
16 The Quakers came from England France Holland 16 17 Ulysses captured Troy by hiding in a forest load of hay wooden horse 17 18 The country which helped America in the Revolution was England France Germany 18 19 Goliath was slain by David Joseph Samson 19 20 Thor lost his armor chariot hammer 20
21 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by Alger Sewell Stowe 21 22 Louisiana was purchased by Jefferson Madison Polk 22 23 Peter Pan is the name of a boy dog fairy 23 24 The slaves were freed by Jefferson Lincoln Washington 24 25 The first white man to see the Pacific was Balboa Cabot Vespucci 25
26 The United States was allied in the Great War with Bulgaria France Turkey 26 27 "Treasure Island" tells about Long John Micawber Uncas 27 28 Madame Curie is noted for the discovery of platinum radium pyrite 28 29 "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written by Alcott Burns Key 29 30 The earliest of these inventions was railroad stagecoach steamboat 30
31 Foreigners can obtain the right to vote by habeas corpus naturalization purchase 31 32 "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" tells about Ichabod Crane Hiawatha Pinocchio 32 33 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant Sheridan Sherman 33 34 New York was settled by the Dutch English French 34 35 Minnehaha means falling leaves laughing waters whispering pines 35
36 The most important qualification for a voter is generosity intelligence wealth 36 37 The king who let the cakes burn was Alfred Arthur William 37 38 Inability to pay debts is called bankruptcy embezzlement vagrancy 38 39 The messenger of the gods was called Mercury Perseus Vulcan 39 40 Virginia was settled by the English French Spanish 40
41 "Oliver Twist" was written by Dickens Scott Thackeray 41 42 Roger Williams was a colonizer judge merchant 42 43 Valley Forge relates to the Civil War Revolution War of 1812 43 44 Sherlock Holmes was a detective sailor thief 44 45 A man who betrayed his country was Arnold Cornwall Lee 45
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TEST 7, CONTINUED
46 The number of United States Senators from each state is 1 2 4 46 47 "The Man Without a Country" was written by Cooper Hawthorne Hale 47 48 A general in the Civil War was Lincoln Sherman Washington 48 49 The name "Old Ironsides" refers to a man mountain ship 49 50 A President who was assassinated was Garfield Roosevelt Taylor 50
51 The British Prime Minister in 1918 was Lloyd George Balfour Asquith 51 52 The Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton Jenny Lind Rockefeller 52 53 Legal authority over a dead man's estate is given to an administrator judge jury 53 51 Barbara Frietchie sympathized with the English South Union 54 55 Grover Cleveland was a general an inventor a President 55
56 The crime which brings the greatest punishment is larceny manslaughter murder 56 57 The chief cause of the Mexican War was disputed territory immigration slavery 57 58 The stork reminds us of Holland Italy Scotland 58 59 Cornwallis surrendered at Appomattox Bunker Hill Yorktown 59 60 "Treasure Island" was written by Alger Defoe Stevenson 60
61 The "spoils system" refers to farming political offices tariff 61 62 Jesus was betrayed by Herod Judas Pilate 62 63 Louisiana was purchased from the French Indians Spanish 63 64 The son of Abraham was Isaac Moses Solomon 64 65 Lewis and Clark explored The Great Lakes The Mississippi Valley The Northwest 65
66 The number of men in the Light Brigade was 600 500 400 66 67 The War of 1812 was fought against England Mexico Spain 67 68 Among the allies of Germany was Belgium Bulgaria Roumania 68 69 One of Robin Hood's men was Ivanhoe Lancelot Little John 69 70 Each state has the power to coin money declare war establish schools 70
71 A great Scotch poet was Burns Chaucer Milton 71 72 The General who surrendered at Yorktown was Burgoyne Cornwallis Lafayette 72 73 A gnome is a kind of dwarf giant priest 73 74 "Treasure Island" tells about Black Dog Fagin Miss Hazy 74 75 The vessel which overcame the Merrimac was the Monitor Old Ironsides Wasp 75
76 A man known for his strength was Abel David Samson 76 77 One who lives in the poorhouse is legally a bankrupt delinquent pauper 77 78 "A Tale of Two Cities" tells of the American Revolution Civil War French Revolution 78 79 Ivanhoe is a character from Dickens Scott Wordsworth 79 80 Circa changed the men of Odysseus into horses stones swine 80
81 In 1917 there was a great Revolution in Germany Russia Turkey 81 82 A writer of mystery tales was Dickens Poe Scott 82 83 "Styx" was the name of a giant god river 83 84 A city is most likely to own its electric lights gas plant water system 84 85 The author of "Innocents Abroad" is Hawthorne Stevenson Mark Twain 85
86 The American Revolution was chiefly a dispute over boundary lines slavery taxation 86 87 "The Last of the Mohicans" was Hiawatha Mowgli Uncas 87 88 Wallace Irwin is an actor baseball player writer 88 89 Coleridge wrote "Ancient Mariner" "Hiawatha" "Thanatopsis" 89 90 The Chautauqua is a kind of entertainment museum music 90
91 A word that means exactly the opposite of joy is sad sorrow sorry 91 92 Marco Polo was a famous philosopher traveler warrior 92 93 "The Charge of the Light Brigade" was written by Burns Longfellow Tennyson 93 94 The Mohammedan Bible is the Bagavad-gita Koran Zend-Avesta 94 95 The singular of "are" is is was were 95
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TEST 8. LANGUAGE USAGE
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[Sidenote: Samples is Apples good. [are]
[told] He me. telled]
calculate 1 I to go soon. expect
gave 2 Last year uncle me a pair of skates. give
broke. 3 His leg was broken.
gone 4 They have to town. went