An eighth grade exam from 1912 shows test-taking was tough for students in the early 1900's according to the Huffington Post.
A copy of the test was sent as a donation to Bullitt County History Museum in Shepherdsville, Ky. in what is believed to be a "master copy" distributed to schools followed by a change from teachers the Post reported.
"It is funny for us," Strange told the Post. "We are just a rural county. Our website is used to getting a couple hundred hits but we [recently] got 200,000 [hits]. We've had it on the web for about a year or so."
According to the Post, the museum first made mention of the test when celebrating the 100-year anniversary of public education in January. The exam made headlines again this weekend when ABC News grabbed the story, eventually making it viral on the Internet.
According to the Post, students took what is called the "Common Exam," once or twice year about a century ago. Some students who passed were given scholarships and furthered their education at the high school level in what was the only way for children living in rural areas to expand their education.
"It's quite a challenging test," Strange said. "I do try to remind everyone it's a 1912 test and you need to place yourself in that mindset sometimes. I remember having a similar question [as is on the test] when I was in school. I wouldn't want to take it again."
Strange told the Post of the vast number of people he knows who took the exam for their amusement, and enjoyment, but does not have any knowledge of their final scores.
"Most everybody says they wouldn't have passed it," he said
