Found on the internet, a copy of a 1931 West Virginia state 8th grade exam.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...on/v/tests.pdf
Excluding the West Virginia specific stuff, could you pass? What does that say about current vs former education.
While I could ace the math, penmanship would average that out. I'd probably be lucky to get a C, a D wouldn't surprise me.