284 MEMOIRS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. [vol.xv, 



[Form 3.] 



Name Grade 



DEVENS LITERACY TEST. 



Draw a line under the right answer. 



Do dogs bark? No. Yea. 



la coal white? No. Yea. 



Does a baby cry? No. Yes. 



Can a hat speak? No. Yea. 



Do hens lay egga? No. Yes. 



Is a stone soft? No. Yes. 



Ib one more than seven? No. Yes. 



Do the land and sea look just alike? No. Yes. 



Are some booka black? No. Yes. 



Doea water run up hill? No. Yes. 



Are stamps used on letters? No. Yea. 



Do 100 centa make a dollar? No. Yea. 



Are we sure what events will happen next year? No. Yea. 



Do ships sail on railroads? No. Yea. 



Do stones float in the air? No. Yes. 



May meat be cut with a knife? No. Yea. 



Are ledges common in mountain districts? No. Yes. 



Doea success tend to bring pleasure? No. Yea. 



Are diamonda mined in mid -ocean? No. Yes. 



la misuse of money an evil? No. Yes. 



Should criminals forfeit liberty? No. Yea. 



Is special information usually a disadvantage? No. Yes. 



Are attempted suicides always fatal? No. Yes. 



Are exalted positions held by distinguished men? No. Yes. 



Does confusion favor the establishment of order? No. Yes. 



Is a civil answer contrary to law? No. Yes. 



la a dilapidated garment nevertheless clothing? No. Yes. 



Are textile manufacturers valueleaa? No. Yes. 



Do thieves commit depredations? No. Yes. 



Does close inspection handicap accurate report? No. Yes. 



Do transparent goggles transmit light? No. Yes. 



Do illiterate men read romances? No. Yes. 



Is irony connected with blast furnaces? No. Yes. 



Do avalanches ever descend mountains? No. Yes. 



Are Bcythes always swung by swarthy men? No. Yes. 



Do pirates accumulate booty? No. Yes. 



Are intervals of repose appreciated? No. Yes. 



Are intermittent sounds discontinuous? No. Yes. 



Is an avocational activity ordinarily pleasurable? No. Yea. 



Are pernicious pedestrians translucent? " No. Yes. 



Are amicable relationships disrupted by increased congeniality? No. Yes. 



Are many nocturnal raids surreptitiously planned No. Yes. 



Are milksops likely to perpetrate violent offenses? No. Yes. 



Are "precipitancy" and "procrastination" synonymous? No. Yes. 



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