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[VOL. XV, 



Year XIV 



(6 TESTS, 4 MONTHS EACH, OR 4 "TESTS, 6 MONTHS EACH). 



1. Vocabulary, 50 words. (Follow this by XVIII 2 if latter is to be 

 given) . 



*2. Induction (gets rule by 6th). 1 2 3 4 5 6. — 



3. President and king (2 of 3): Power, accession, tenure. 

 »4. Problems (2 of 3): Hanging 



Queer visitors Indian 



*5. Arithmetical reasoning (2 of 3, 1 min. each) o 6 c 



*6. Clock (2 of 3): 6:22 8:10 2:46 



Alt. Repeats (1 of 2): 2183439 9728475 



Year XVI 



(6 TESTS, 5 MONTHS EACH, OR 4 *TESTS, lYz MONTHS EACH). 



1. Vocabulary, 65 words. 

 *2. Fables (score 8). See yr. XII. 

 3. Differences (3 of 4): Laziness and idleness 

 evolution and revolution 

 poverty and misery 

 character and reputation 



*4. Boxes (3 of 4): u. 2 smaller, 1 inside 



b. 2, 2 c. 3, 3 d. 4, 4 



♦5. Repeats backwards (1 of 3): 471952 583294 752638 



6. Code (2 errors, 6 min.): errors time method 



Alt, 1. Repeats (1 of 2): a. Walter likes very much to go on visits 

 to his grandmother, because she always tells him many funny 

 stories 



b. Yesterday I saw a pretty little dog in the street. It had 

 curly brown hair, short legs, and a long tail 



*Alt. 2. Comprehends physical relations (2 of 3): 



c. Path of cannon ball. 



b. Weight of fish in water. 



c. Hitting distant mark. 



Year XVIII 



(6 TESTS, 6 MONTHS EACH, OR 4 "TESTS, 9 MONTHS EACH). 



1. Vocabulary, 75 words. 

 *2. Binet's paper cutting test. (If given must come before XIV2) 



3. Repeats (1 of 3) : 72534896 49853762 83795482 



*4. Repeats thought of passage (1 of 2): 

 a. 

 b. 



*5. Repeats backwards (1 of 3): 4162593 3826475 9452837.... 



*6. Ingenuity (2 of 3, 5 minutes each): 



a. Given 3 and 5, get 7 "Begin with 5" (Explain if not solved.) 



b. Given 5 and 7, get 8 "Begin with 5" 



c. Given 4 and 9, get 7 "Begin with 4" 

 Vocabulary: 



Fig. 71.— Stanford-Binet Examination (lourth page). 



