ADVANCED EXAMINATION: FORM A

FOR GRADES 4-8

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grade . . . . . . . . . Boy or girl . . . . . . . . Age . . . . . . When is your next birthday? . . . . . . . . . . . How old will you be then? . . . . . . Name of school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Test		Score	Subject Scores	Age Equivalents (Subject Ages)
1:	Reading: Paragraph Meaning
2:	Reading: Sentence Meaning
3:	Reading: Word Meaning
Total Reading Score
4:	Arithmetic: Computation
5:	Arithmetic: Reasoning
Total Arithmetic Score
6:	Nature Study and Science
7:	History and Literature
8:	Language Usage
9:	Dictation Exercise
	Composite Score (Sum of Subject Scores ÷ 10)
	Educational Age

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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 1. READING: PARAGRAPH MEANING

Sample: Dick and Tom were playing ball in the field. Dick was throwing the ball and .............
	was trying to catch it.
Write JUST ONE WORD on each dotted line.
1	Fanny has a little red hen. Every day the hen goes to her nest and laysan egg for Fanny to eat. Then she makes a funny noise to tell Fanny tocome and get the ..............
2	A kitten can climb a tree, but a dog cannot. This is very lucky forNellie's kitten. Every time Joe's big dog comes along the kitten climbsa tree and the ............. cannot follow.
3	Anna had never seen a squirrel in her life, although she had alwayswanted to very much. One day when she was playing under a tree sheheard a funny little noise over her head. She looked up, and what doyou think she saw? Up there in the ............. was the very thing shehad always wanted to see, a ...............
4	John and Joe played one day till they were very hungry; so John wentinto the house and asked his mother for something to..............When he came out again he had a big apple for himself and another for ...............
5	One day when Jane was sweeping she found a dime on the floor under thebed. They could not find out whose dime it was, so Jane's mother gaveit to her. Now, every time Jane ............ the floor she lookscarefully under the bed for another ..............
6	Helen and Kate pulled their sled through the deep snow to the top of thehill and soon were coasting swiftly down again. They did this over andover. The ............ was so deep that they found it hard work todrag the ............ to the top.
7	Once a black raven wanted to have white feathers like a swan. The ravensaw that the swan lived in the water, and thought it was the water thatmade the swan's feathers so white. So the ............ decided to washhis feathers every day to see if it would not make them ...............
8	Birds' eggs are almost as different from each other as are the birdsthemselves. The robin lays four or five blue eggs. The dove lays twowhite eggs. The sparrow lays six or eight speckled eggs. If we shouldfind a nest with four blue eggs in it, we could be pretty sure that itwas the nest of a ............ rather than of a ............ or dove.
9	> Once there lived on a mountain near a village an immense giant whosecruelty kept the people of the village in great terror. However, therewas one person in the village who was not afraid of the giant. This wasa young soldier who carried a magic sword that a fairy had given him.Once when the ............ came down from the ............ thesoldier attacked him with his magic ............ and killed him.
10	Once a hen was so foolish as to go to a fox and ask him to look afterher chicks while she went to the barnyard to find some worms for herchicks. The fox was of course quite willing. The hen was gone a longtime. When she finally returned, she found that the fox had eaten allher chicks. Since then no ............ has employed a as a nurse.
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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 1, CONTINUED

11	When the bear appeared near the hut, Walter was alone. His father haddriven to the village, that morning, several miles away. Fortunately hehad left his gun hanging on the wall loaded and ready for service.Walter was excited, but he did not hesitate. Quickly seizing the.................. he .................. the...................
12	In a certain village a ton of coal costs just as much as a cord ofwood, but it produces twice as much heat. Therefore the poor familiesin this village should be advised to burn ............. rather than .................
13	"Come on" called Joe, "let's go for a swim down by Jones' Point, wherethe river is deep." "No," said Pete, "let's swim down by Duggan's.where the water is warmer." "It isn't because the water is warm thatyou want to go to .............., but because you can't swim," said................
14	Richard and Miss Cabot quickly found their way alone to the house ofMr. Smith on Craven Street. Miss Cabot left Richard in the carriage,walked quickly to the door, and sending up her card by the servant,requested to see Mr. Smith. The ............. soon returned and beggedher to come in. As soon as she had done so. Miss Cabot introducedherself to Mr. ............. and begged him to come out and talk with............., who was waiting outside in the carriage.
15	Joe made up a game which he called "Jac-alack." One person called Jackmust climb a tree and hang by his arms from a low bough. The othersstand behind him and say in unison, "Alas, alack, he fell on his back,"and while they are saying it, one of them hits Jack with a bean bag. IfJack can see or guess who did it, he may drop down, and the guiltyperson takes his place. Otherwise he has to ............ there foranother turn and sing out, "Alas, alack, another whack." It is quite agame and Jack must have strong ................
16	It is well established that the bee, which is commonly supposed to beso industrious, really works only two or three hours a day. The man whoworks eight or ten hours a day is therefore far more ............ thanthe ................
17	Boys and girls know my name. And mothers and fathers, too. Big folkslove me. You do, too. The first letters in the first four sentences ofthis paragraph spell my name; so write it here ................
18	Energy is a measure of the fullness of life and is indispensable forgenius. No energy at all is death. Idiots are feeble and listless.Nearly all the leaders of mankind have been noted for their remarkable................
19	Deciduous trees lose their leaves in winter, while evergreens, as theirname implies, do not. Therefore, in forests composed of .............trees the ground is less shaded in winter than is the case in forestswhose trees are ................
20	Some historians believe that the spread of anti-slavery feeling amongthe people of the North previous to the Civil War was due less to themoral issue involved than to the fact that they recognized the systemof ............ as a menace to the industrial system of free labor.
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Adv. Exam.: Form A

TEST 1, CONTINUED

21	If I were writing about the rich, I should be inclined to divide them,according to their attitude toward life, into workers and parasites.The motto of the worker is, "I owe the world a life," and the motto ofthe ................. is, "The ................. owes me a living."
22	Caution, when not present in excess, is a desirable trait. Often itsaves one from disappointment or failure. Occasionally, however, onefinds a person so extremely ................. that his will isparalyzed and he is totally unable to set about any new undertaking.Too much ................. is indeed often ................. than toolittle.
23	A whale is not a fish, even though it does live in water. A fish has nolungs, is cold-blooded, and absorbs oxygen from the water through itsgills; but a whale is warm-blooded and has a genuine set of lungs. Inconsequence, in bodily structure the is ................. like ashark, which is a true fish, than it is like a horse.
24	The brook on our farm has many whims. It ripples over bright and shinyrocks, and falls into a placid little pool so clear that I can see thepebbles on the bottom and can see myself down there, too. As I lookstraight down, it is hard to tell whether what I see is my nose or a .................., but as I move a little, that which I sec standsstill, so I know it is not .....................................Farther on the brook forgets the placid pool and tumbles over roots androcks. It does, indeed, have many ....................
25	To pant for recognition, to yearn to impress one's personality uponone's fellow-men, is the essence of ambition. The ambitious person maythink that he merely thirsts to "do something" or "be somebody" butreally what he craves is to figure potently in the minds of others, tobe greatly loved, admired, or feared. To reap a success which no one .................. does not satisfy the yearnings of the .................. individual.
26	Washington was a very silent man. Of no man in the world's history dowe have so few sayings of a personal kind. As for talking abouthimself, that was something in which he almost never indulged. Yet itwould be a great error to interpret his ................. as anindication that he was in any sense cold or unfeeling.
27	As a rule, it is more economical to remember things by associating themclearly and vigorously than by going through many repetitions of them.Thus, a clear understanding of the causes for the Democratic victory inthe national election in 1916 will be ................. effective inremembering the fact than a dozen ................. of the statement"Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1916."
28	Fundamentally, education depends upon the capacity of a person toprofit by past experiences. Past situations modify present and futureadjustments. Education in its broadest sense means acquiringexperiences that serve to ................. existing inherited oracquired tendencies of behavior.
29	"Naïve" and "unsophisticated" are frequently confused. The formersuggests a type of behavior which is artless, spontaneous, and freefrom the restraints of custom. The latter implies fully as great lackof knowledge of social usage, and, in addition, conduct which isprimitive and perchance inelegant. Thus, the ................. youthwas the first to enter the car, and his ................. littlesister warmly kissed him in the presence of the king. We may also saythat a country boy is ................. with respect to city life andcustoms.
Test 1. Number right .......... × 2 = Score ..........

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Adv. Exam.: Form A