ARITHMETIC

  2. Divide 42 by .0006

  3. Give the method of multiplying one fraction by another.

  4. Reduce three-fifths of five-eighths, divided by five-eighths of eight-fifteenths,
      to its simplest form.

  5. What is the number to which if you add its half, its third, and 28,
      the sum will be three times the number? 

  6. A pole 63 ft. long was broken in two pieces of which one was two-fifths
      the length of the other.  What was the length of the pieces? 

  7. What is the interest of $617 for 7 months and 21 days at 4 1/2 percent?

  8. What is the present worth of $97, due in 9 months and 24 days at 6 per cent? 

  9. A man sold two lots for $260 each, gaining 20 per cent on one and
      losing 20 per cent on the other.  Did he gain or lose, and how much? 

10. If it cost $100 to fence a piece of land 216 rods long and 24 rods wide,
      would it cost more or less to fence the same quantity of land in the form
      of a square, and how much? 
 

GEOGRAPHY

  2. Name and locate three important ranges of mountains in North America. 

  3. What ocean current flows along the Eastern coast of the United States? 

  4. What three circumstances most largely influence the climate of a place? 

  5. What channels separate Ireland from Great Britain? 

  6. Locate and describe the river Danube. 

  7. Where are the most noted coal fields of the United States? 

  8. Give the boundaries of the State of Kentucky. 

  9. What are imports? 

10. Name the five great Powers of Europe and their capitals.
 

GRAMMAR

  2. Name five cases where capital letters should be used. 

  3. Give one examaple each of adverbs of time, place, degree and manner. 

  4. Give the principal parts of the verbs rise, lay, sit, set. 

  5. Define a simple sentence and give an example. 

  6. Define a compound sentance and give example. 

  7. What is a substantive clause? 

  8. Analyze the following sentence and parse the words in italics:

"Ere he framed the lofty vault, to gather and roll back the sound of anthems, - in the darkling wood, amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down and offered to the mightiest solemn thanks and supplication." 

10. Correct or justify the following:
      a, "Neither of them were there." b, "He broke the cane to pieces."
      c, "Who did you speak to."         d, "Come here quick!"
      e, "A considerable portion of the crowd were more or less injured."
 

READING

  2. Name two elements of correct pronunciation. 

  3. Name the two general forms of emphasis and explain their difference. 

  4. Give four rules for the use of the rising inflection. 

  5. Name the four forms of inflection. 

  6. Read the following examples with reference to correct pronunciation,
      emphasis, inflections, pauses, and pitch:

"Up the street came the Rebel tread,
Stonewall Jackson riding ahead,
  Under his slouched hat left and right 
  He glanced; the old flag met his sight, 
'Halt!' - the dust-brown ranks stood fast, 
'Fire!' - out blazed the rifle-blast!" 

"And, friends - dear friends - when it shall be
That this low breath has gone from me, 
  And round my bier you come to weep, 
Let one, most loving of you all, 
Say, 'Not a tear must o'er her fall - 
He giveth his beloved sleep!'"

PHYSIOLOGY

  2. What is a tendon, and its office? 

  3. Describe the process of digestion. 

  4. What is nutriment, and what its office? 

  5. How and where is blood purified. 

  6. What is a stimulant? 

  7. What is the effect of alcohol upon the stomach? b, Upon the brain? 

  8. What are the conditins of perfect respiration? 

  9. Why is plain food better adapted to healthful nutrition than food highly seasoned? 

10. What are the functions of the skin?
 

BOOK-KEEPING

  2. a, What are bills receivable? b, Payable? 

  3. Write a bill of goods of four items. 

  4. Write a negotiable note. 

  5. a, What is a day book? b, Ledger? 

  6. What is posting accounts? 

  7. What is an inventory? 

  8. What books are required for single entry? 

  9. What does the balance sheet show? 

10. Make a bill for your services as teacher of a town school.
 

HISTORY

  2. Who was Major Andre, and by what incident was he connected with American history? 

  3. Who were the commanders of the English and of the American forces at the
      battle of Saratoga? 

  4. Name three distinguished foreign soldiers who aided the Americans in the war
      of the Revolution? 

  5. a, How and from what nation was California acquired?   b, Louisiana?   c, Alaska? 

  6. In what year, and by what act did the civil war commence? 

  7. Name in chronological order the last eight presidents. 

  8. What two presidents were assassinated, and by whom? 

  9. Name the States that joined the Southern Confederacy. 

10. a, Name four leading Union Generals in the civil war. b, Four Rebel Generals.