F 
With your pencil make a dot over any one of these letters F G HI J, 
and a comma after the longest of these three words: boy mother girl 
Then, if Christmas comes in March, make a cross right here 
not, pass along to the next question, and tell where the sun rises 
If you believe that Edison discovered America, cross out 
what you just wrote, but if it was some one else, put in a number to 
complete this sentence: 
answer to this question: 
Write any letter except g just after this comma, 
then write zo if 2 times 5 are 10 
between these two names of boys: 
If iron is heavier than water, write the 
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these two numbers: 
larger number here 
ber here 
‘“A horse has 
matter whether China is in Africa or not 
‘“ How many days are there in the week?’’ 
feet.’’ Write yes, no 
, and then give a wrong 
and 
Now if Tuesday conies after 
; but if not, make a circle here 
Be sure to make three crosses 
Notice 
George Henry. 
, but if iron is lighter write the smaller num- 
Show by a cross when the nights are longer: in sum- 
Give the correct answer to this question: 
‘“Does water run uphill?’’ 
Do nothing here (5 + 7= 
and repeat your answer here 
), unless you skipped the 
preceding question; but write the first letter of your first name and the 
last letter of your last name at the end of this line: 
MANY CHANCES FOR THE INTELLECT TO TRIP 
‘Any one who can follow all the directions on the above form, accurately and without delay, 
is certainly not very low in the scale of intelligence. 
reasonable accuracy, but the feebleminded boy is usually hopelessly confused. 
For measuring the mentality of the 
people who come to it, the psychopathic 
department uses thirty or more tests, 
picking out in each instance the ones 
which seem best adapted to the case. 
In addition to the earlier forms of the 
Binet test constant use is made of the 
Stanford revision, which possibly is 
more suitable for use with adults. The 
other tests are, for the most part, well 
known to those whose business it is 
to handle such instruments. Simple 
questions are asked, and the subject’s 
reasoning power and other abilities 
The normal boy can do i* with 
(Bica3:) 
tested, not only by his answer, but by 
the time it takes him to evolve it. 
Such questions have been asked as: 
“What difference would it make to 
people if the price of coal went up to 
twice what it is now?” 
“Why do people send their children 
to school instead of making them work?”’ 
“Which would be worst: to have all 
the money in the world disappear or 
to have all the steel in the world dis- 
appear? Why?” 
One of the tests used is the Trabue 
Language Scale D, which is given 
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