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12. "Attention! Look at 12. If 3 is more than 1, then (when I say 'Go') cross out the number 2 unless 2 is more 

 than 4, in which case draw a line under the number 3. — GO !" (Allow not over 10 seconds.) 



' ' During the rest of this examination don't turn any page forward or backward unless you are told to. Now turn 

 over the page to test 2." 



Test 2, arithmetical problems. 



"Attention! Look at the directions at the top of the page while Ireadthem. ' Get the answers to these examples 

 as quickly as you can. Use the side of this page to figure on if you need to.' I will say stop at the end of five min- 

 utes. You may not be able to finish all of them, but do as many as you can in the time allowed. The two samples 

 are already answered correctly. — Ready — GO ! " 



After 5 minutes, say "STOP ! Turn over the page to test 3." 



Test 3, practical judgment. 



"Attention ! Look at the directions at the top of the page while I read them. 

 "'This is a test of common sense. Below are sixteen questions. Three answers are given to each question. You are 

 to look at the answers carefully; then make a cross in the square before the best answer to each question, as in the 

 sample : 



" Why do we use stoves? Because 



□ they look well 



S they keep us warm 



□ they are black 



"Here the second answer is the best one and is marked with a cross. 



"Begin with No. 1 and keep on until time is called. '—Ready — GO!" After 1£ minutes, say "STOP! Turn 

 over the page to test 4." 



Test 4, synonym — antonym. 



"Attention! Look at the directions at the top of the page while I read them." (Examiner reads slowly.) 

 " ' If the two words of a pair mean the same or nearly the same, draw a line under same. If they mean the opposite 



or nearly the opposite, draw a line under opposite. If you can not be sure, guess. The two samples are already marked 



as they should be. '—Ready — GO ! " 



After H minutes, say "STOP ! Turn over the page to test 5." (Pause.) "Now you have to turn your books 



around this way." (Examiner illustrates the necessary rotation.) 



Test 5, disarranged sentences. 



"Attention ! Look at the directions at the top of the page while I read them." (Examiner reads slowly.) 



"'The words a eats cow grass in that order are mixed up and don't make a sentence; but they would make a sen- 

 tence if put in the right order: a cow eats grass, and this statement is true. 



"Again, the words horses feathers have all would make a sentence if put in the order all horses have feathers, but this 

 statement is false. 



' ' Below are 24 mixed sentences. Some of them are true and some are false. When I say ' Go, ' take these sentences 

 one at a time. Think what each would say if the words were straightened out, but don't write them yourself. Then, 

 if what it would say is true draw aline under the word 'true;' if what it would say is false, draw aline under the word 

 'false.' If you can not be sure, guess. The two samples are already marked as they should be. Begin with No. 1 

 and work right down the page until time is called.' — Ready — GO 1" 



After 2 minutes, say "STOP! Turn over the page to test 6." 



Test 6, number scries completion. 



(N. B. — Examiner: Give these instructions very slowly.) 



"Attention! Look at the first sample row of figures at the top of the page — 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12; the two numbers that 

 should come next are, of course, 14, 16. 



"Look at the second sample — 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4: the two numbers that should come next are 3, 2. 



"Look at the third sample — 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4; the two numbers that should come next are 5, 5. 



"Now look at the fourth sample — 1, 7, 2, 7, 3, 7; the next two numbers would, of course, be 4, 7. 



"Look at each row of numbers below, and on the two dotted lines write the two numbers that should come next. — 

 Ready— GO!" 



After 3 minutes, say "STOP! Turn over the page to test 7." 



Test 7, analogies. 



"Attention! Look at the first sample at the top of the page: Sky — blue : : grass — table, green, warm, big. 

 "Notice the four words in heavy type. One of them — green — is underlined. Grass is green just as the sky is blue. 

 "Look at the second sample: Fish — swims : : man — paper, time, walls, girl. 

 "Here the word walks is underlined. A man walks and a fish swims. 

 "Look at the third sample: Day — night : : white — red, black, clear, pure. 



