I just had a gift show up in my Twitter feed. Normally when I see a reference to an online Eighth Grade test I just sigh. Probably 95 percent of the time it’s the same fake test, most likely written to prove a point in the 1950s although that isn’t solid. Earlier references are still sought for even if absolutely no luck finding any. See it here:
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp
Under different names and presented as if from different locations it actually was passed around widely even before the Internet showing up in newspapers, newsletters, museums and even library files. With the coming of the Internet it’s only picked up speed and is now more frequently showing up today than ever before.
So I was thrilled and shocked when I clicked on the link in my Twitter feed to instead find two apparently legitimate tests. I’m passing on my good luck.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/century-old-8th-grade-exam-can-you-pass-a-1912-test/2012/01/04/gIQAxjC00P_blog.html
Be aware that part of these tests are hard today because they are very content specific. If you haven’t been taught to this test, especially an awful lot of current events for the specific year it was written, you will miss questions.
