This is an English quiz which claims to be for seven to nine year olds, but the seven year old on whom I tested it found it very difficult.

The cassette inlay does not indicate whether it is intended for school or home use, but it is presumably aimed mainly at schools.

The program, which is written in Basic, loaded at the third attempt. There is a fairly lengthy instructions sequence at the beginning, which is necessary as the twenty questions which follow do not all have the same format.

A correct answer scores one, two or three points, giving a maximum score for the test of 38 points, a number which must surely owe more to chance than deliberation. The questions may be answered by one child, or by two children taking turns.

There are around a hundred questions available, from which the twenty for each test are selected randomly. They cover a considerable range of subject matter, including plurals, opposites, animal noises and occupations.

M.N.