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Test 3
This is a test of common sense. Below are sixteen questions. Three answers are given to each question. You are to look at the answers carefully; then make a cross in the square before the best answer to each question, as in the sample:
SAMPLE [three-line deep bracket] Why do we use stoves? Because
[box] they look well
[box with 'x'] they keep us warm
[box] they are black
Here the second answer is the best one and is marked with a cross. Begin with No. 1 and keep on until time is called.
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1 It is wiser to put some money aside and not spend it all, so that you may
[box with 'x'] prepare for old age or sickness
[box] collect all the different kinds of money
[box] gamble when you wish
2 Shoes are made of leather, because
[box] it is tanned
[box with an 'x'] it is tough, pliable and warm
[box] it can be blackened
3 Why do soldiers wear wrist watches rather than pocket watches? Because
[box] they keep better time
[box] they are harder to break
[box with an 'x'] they are handier
4 The main reason stone is used for building purposes is because
[box] it makes a good appearance
[box with an 'x'] it is strong and lasting
[box] it is heavy
5 Why is beef better food than cabbage?
Because
[box] it tastes better
[box with an 'x'] it is more nourishing
[box] it is harder to obtain
6 If some one does you a favor, what should you do?
[box] try to forget it
[box] steal for him if he asks you to
[box with an 'x'] return the favor
7 If you do not get a letter from home, which you know was written, it may be because
[box with an 'x'] it was lost in the mails
[box] you forgot to tell your people to write
[box] the postal service has been discontinued
8 The main thing farmers do is to
[box] supply luxuries
[box] make work for the unemployed
[box with an 'x'] feed the nation
[hand icon] Go to No. 9 above
9 If a man who can't swim should fall into a river, he should
[box] yell for help and try to scramble out
[box] dive to the bottom and crawl out
[box] lie on his back and float
10 Glass insulators are used to fasten telegraph wires because
[box] the glass keeps the pole from being burned
[box] the glass keeps the current from escaping
[box] the glass is cheap and attractive
11 If your load of coal gets stuck in the mud, what should you do?
[box] leave it there
[box] get more horses or men to pull it out
[box] throw off the load
12 Why are criminals locked up?
[box] to protect society
[box] to get even with them
[box] to make them work
13 Why should a married man have his life insured? Because
[box] death may come at any time
[box] insurance companies are usually honest
[box] his family will not then suffer if he dies
14 In Leap Year February has 29 days because
[box] February is a short month
[box] some people are born on February 29th
[box] otherwise the calendar would not come out right
15 If you are held up and robbed in a strange city, you should
[box] apply to the police for help
[box] ask the first man you meet for money to get home
[box] borrow some money at a bank
16 Why should we have Congressmen? Because
[box] the people must be ruled
[box] it insures truly representative government
[box] the people are too many to meet and make their laws
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