IJMC - Higher Education?

You know, I almost think this version of a college entrance exam would be 
about as useful as the current methods...I mean really, they even let me 
in using the current methods!                                       -dave








 University Entrance Exam

 1. ______
   | sand |                                 = sand box
   |______|

 2.   man
    ----------                              = man overboard
      board

 3.  stand
    ----------                              = I understand
       i

 4. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/                         = reading between the lines

 5.   wear
     --------                               = long underwear
      long

 6.   r
     road                                   = cross road
      a
      d

 7.  cycle
     cycle                                  = tricycle
     cycle

 8.
     t
     o                                      = downtown
     w
     n

 9.      /
     le /
       / vel                                = split level
      /

 10.     0
      ------------                          = two degrees below zero
         M.D.
         Ph.D.

 11.    knee
       --------                             = neon light
        light

 12.    ii    ii
       -------------                        = circles under the eyes
          O   O

 13.  dice
      dice                                  = paradise

 14.   t
       o
       u                                    = touchdown
       c
       h

 15.      ground
       ------------
          feet
          feet                             = six feet underground
          feet
          feet
          feet
          feet

 16.     mind
       ----------                          = mind over matter
         matter

 17. he's / himself                        = he's beside himself

 18. ecnalg                                = backward glance

 19. death / life                          = life after death