io THE KALLIKAK FAMILY 



Some of the questions asked her and her answers are 

 as follows : 



Q. There are ten people to eat dinner. Seven 

 have eaten. For how many must you keep din- 

 ner warm ? 

 A. Three. 



Q. Suppose you had eight ergographs and sell 

 six. How many would be left ? 

 A. (after twenty-eight seconds' pondering). Two. 

 Q. Suppose you had eight Deltas and gave two 

 away. What would you have left ? 

 A. Five. 



Q. "Suppose there are eight at the table and two 

 leave. How many would remain ? 

 A. (after thirteen seconds). Six. 



By the Binet Scale this girl showed, in April, 1910, 

 the mentality of a nine-year-old child with two points 

 over; January, 1911, 9 years, I point; September, 1911, 

 9 years, 2 points; October, 1911, 9 years, 3 points. 

 She answers correctly all of the questions up to age 7 

 except the repetition of five figures, where she transposes 

 two of them. She does not read the selection in the 

 required time, nor does she remember what she reads. 

 In counting the stamps, her first answer was "ten cents, " 

 which she later corrected. Under age 9, none of her 

 definitions are "better than by use" "Fork is to eat 



