1. an injurious insect that has a complete (indirect) metamorphosis, and
2. a parasitic worm.

1. Man's place in the animal kingdom. Give at least three reasons for his dominant position.
2. The effect of alcohol on the nervous system.
3. The insects as man's greatest rivals for supremacy in the animal world.

      Football-8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

      Baseball-8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

     Swimming                   Tennis

     Track and Field            Golf

NOTE:--Part of the questions are printed on the next page.

NOTE:--There are two sets of questions:--A. and B. There are seven questions, some on each side of each sheet. Questions I. to III., inclusive, are on sheet B.
Answer I. to III. on sheet A, in ink.
Pin sheet A into the book in which you write answers to questions IV. to VII.

Underline the correct word in the following parentheses:
a. It (don't, doesn't) seem possible that at last I am free.
b. Someone has been here, but (he, they) (have, has) not disarranged our books.
c. The kitten (drunk, drank) the milk eagerly, but it has not (drunk, drank) the water which we left for it.
d. The message was (broadcasted, broadcast) over a coast-to-coast network.
e. To James and (me, I) the message brought cheer.
f. The child plays (happily, happy), and his mother looks (happily, happy).
g. She plays (good, well) on the piano.
h. She will gladly (except, accept) your gift.
i. She goes to the library (almost, most) every day).
j. The opera singer will (bring, take) his family from Chicago to Italy.
k. The man is six feet in (statue, stature, statute).

Fill the following blanks with correct forms of "sit," "set," "lie," and "lay:"
a. This chair has.........here since last summer.
b. Let us.........in these chairs and rest.
c. ..........the table near the window.
d. We.........the blanket over the child, who was.....in its cradle.
e. She.........on her couch and dreamed.

Correct, or supply, the punctuation and the capitalization in the following sentences:
a. Jim davis is the title of a boys book written by John Masefield poet laureate of England.
b. Writers of childrens poems include the following Aldis Milne and Stevenson, these poets writings are enjoyed, also, by many adults.
c. Let us go to the lecture he said and learn what we can of the great wastes in the antarctic.
d. Since her graduation from High School a year ago, Mary has been traveling; she spent the Spring in the south.
e. Having studied spanish for five semesters. You naturally prefer it to Geology.

In connection with sentences (1), (2), and (3), printed just below these directions, do the following:

a. Underline each independent (principal) clause once, and each dependent (subordinate) clause twice.
b. Write by it, in the margin, the specific use of each dependent clause.
c. Draw one circle around the simple subject of the independent clause in the first sentence, and another circle around the simple predicate of the dependent clause in the same sentence.
d. Draw one line through each prepositional phrase in the second sentence.

(1) Admirers of Edgar Allan Poe may be interested in the fact that as a child, Poe was educated at a school in Church Street, London.

(2) For three years Michaelangelo devoted himself almost exclusively to this work, and from that period of vigor and maturity, of relative calm and satisfying accomplishment, came his most perfect sculpture, the Moses.

(3) The Cubs are in second place and surrounded by supposedly second division teams, while the contenders for the pennant are staggering down in the lower regions.

General instruction: Use one sheet of paper for each drawing. Make each drawing fill whole page.

(a)  acceleration                (f)  electrolyte

(b)  vacuum                      (g)  focus

(c)  potential energy            (h)  candle power

(d)  potential difference        (i)  kilowatt hour

(e)  insulator                   (j)  tensile strength

Isaac of York       Nancy Lammeter        Sam Weller

Richard Cory        Squire Trelawney      Sir Lancelot

Carver Doone        Hepzibah Pyncheon     Portia

Huckleberry Finn    Madame Defarge        Guinevere

Sir Toby Belch      King Olaf             Soames Forsyte

Becky Sharp         Touchstone            Peter Pan

Uncle Remus         Old Aunt Mary         A dog named Buck    

Harry Bailey        Cassius               Jacques

Uncas               Scrooge               Barkis

Hester Prynne       Evangeline            Macduff

Sir James Barrie    Ralph Waldo Emmerson   Joseph Conrad

Amy Lowell          Alfred Noyes           Charles Lamb

Willa Cather        John Galsworthy        Edmund Spenser

Arnold Bennett      Robert Frost           G. K. Chesterton

Walt Whitman        Chaucer                       

H. G. Wells         Eugene O'Neill

                                 THE WEST WIND



It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries;

I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.

For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,

And April's in the west wind, and daffodils.



It's a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine;

Apple orchards blossoms there, and the wind's like wine.

There is a cool green grass there, where men may lie at rest,

And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from the nest.



"Will you not come home brother? you have been long away,

It`s April, and blossom time, and white is the spray;

And bright is the sun, brother, and warm is the rain,--

Will you not come home brother, home to us again?



............................................................................."



It's the white road westwards is the road I must trend

To the green grass, the cool grass, and rest for heart and head

To the violets and the brown brooks and the thrushes' song,

In the fine land, the west land, the land where I belong.

          TO THE WEST WIND



  West Wind, you've come from There

     Surely my Girlie

  Breathed in your truant air--

     Did you kiss my Girlie?

  Seemed then a-sleeping she,

     As you passed merrily?

  Whispered she aught of me,

     Dreaming full tenderly?



  West Wind, turn back your speed;

     Blow to my Girlie!

  Turn back, you wind, and heed--

     Hie to my Girlie!

  Elfin-like seeming,

     Close to her hover;

  Into her dreaming

     Say that I love her.

2. If the upper thread breaks it may be caused by:
a. Failure to oil the machine.
b. Incorrect setting of the needle.
c. A stitch that is too short.

3. The lower thread should be drawn up before beginning to stitch because otherwise:
a. It may cause the stitch to be too long.
b. It may cause the stitch to knot or tangle.
c. It may break the needle.

4. To turn a square corner in machine stitching you should:
a. Leave the needle down, raise the pressure foot, turn the material, lower the pressure foot.
b. Leave the needle up, raise the pressure foot, turn the material, and lower the pressure foot.
c. Leave the needle down, turn material and continue stitching.

5.Tension should be judged by examining:
a. Both sides of the stitch.
b. The under side only.
c. The ease with which the needle pulls.

b. Draw a line through each pattern to show where you would alter it to make it wider.

 1 lb. of round steak.        1 doz. eggs.

 1 lb. loaf of bread.         3 lbs. potatoes

 1 lb. butter.                1 doz. oranges.

 1 lb. lard.                  1 lb. rice.

 1 lb. sugar.                 1 head lettuce.

Roast Pork, baked potatoes.      Grape fruit salad.

Brussels sprouts.                Apple pie.

a. Combine:

x + 2  _  6x - 3  _  5x - 6
  8         16         24

x + 2  _  6x - 3  _  5x - 6   = 0
  8         16         24 

 1  +  1  +  1     = C
 x     a     b

  6    _    5     =      7  
y + 1     y - 1       y² - 1

[NOTE: I originally found this exam booklet tucked between volumes in a used bookstore. The original is booklet-sized, about 8" by 5 1/2". The HTML version retains as much of the original format as possible. If you have other very old exams, I would be interested in starting a collection on line; send me email at jwager@triton.cc.il.us.--------John Wager]

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