WRITE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS
1. Who like to play in the street? 2. Where do little girls like to play? 3. Who learn to help their mothers? 4. Where do older boys find jobs? 5. In what two ways are people said to differ early in life? 6. What kinds of food are mentioned? 7. For what purpose do people work with wool and cotton? 8. What reason is given for building houses? 9. What is the topic of the first paragraph? 10. Why are differences between people spoken of in the second paragraph as a wise provision of nature? 11. Check the right answer to this question: What does the second paragraph suggest as the probable result upon the world’s work if all people were just alike? ☐ It would not be done. ☐ Some of it would be improved. ☐ It would be well done. ☐ Much of it would be poorly done. 12. What characteristic of a task needs to correspond to the ability of the worker? 13. What is suggested in the third paragraph as the probable result of failing to place men in positions suited to their abilities? 14. It is quite common to determine a man’s ability by trying him out in the job. What objection to this plan does any word in the third paragraph suggest? 15. What procedure is said to be a practical means of saving time and money in the selection of men for positions? 16. What is stated as a probable cause for general gratification at some future time?
Directions for Scoring the Test.
The score in this test is the number of questions correctly answered. A stencil is provided with each set of test booklets by the aid of which it is fairly simple to mark an answer as right or wrong. An answer should be considered wrong if it does not prove in itself that the candidate had read the paragraph and obtained his information from it. Any answer which is true in general life but which is not suggested by the reading material on the previous page, should not be accepted.
Scores from 0 to 3 indicate Inferior Ability
Scores from 4 to 7 indicate Low Average Ability
Scores from 8 to 12 indicate Average Ability
Scores from 13 to 14 indicate High Average Ability
Scores from 15 to 16 indicate Superior Ability