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In answering some of the following questions the student will be obliged to consult Howell&rsquo;s Annotated Statutes, Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for 1894, and the Legislative Manual.

1. By whom are school districts formed and numbered?

2. What are specific taxes?

3. What is meant by a fractional district?

4. How are vacancies in state offices filled?

5. How is the primary school fund raised?

6. About how much money is apportioned in each year among the school districts of the state?

7. Should all instruction in our public schools be given in the English language?

8. What is done with lands which escheat to the state from a defect of heirs?

9. How many months of school must be maintained during a school year to entitle districts to primary school money?

10. How many members compose the board of regents of the state university?

11. What is the length of a regent&rsquo;s term of office?

12. Who is president of the university?

13. Is the president of the university a member of the board of regents?

14. Of how many members is the state board of education composed?

15. What is the length of the term of office of a member of the board of education?

16. What is the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction?

17. Of what state boards is the superintendent a member?

18. What provision was made in the constitution for the establishment of an agricultural college?

19. Mention some of the duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction?