… and another thing

Do you know enough to be an American?

November

Immigrants who want to become American citizens will soon be taking a new naturalization exam. It’s supposed to focus on the concepts of democracy and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. A pilot test of 144 questions was released “today”:http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=dcf5e1df53b2f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD and some of my colleagues and I tried it. And we missed some. Here are a few of the questions:

Question 9. How many amendments does the Constutition have?

Question 22. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Question 55. What does it mean that the U.S. Constitution is a constitution of limited powers?

Question 66. What is the current minimum wage?

Question 91. There are 13 original states. Name three. (Or to make it tougher, name all 13)

Question 100. Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers.

Question 132. What is the tallest mountain the United States?

The answers are on the website of “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.”::http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=dcf5e1df53b2f010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD Or check back here tomorrow.

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 30th, 2006 at 1:50 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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