Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test?
Here’s a sampling of the harder questions from the official sample test.
You answered 85% of questions correctly.
The most amazing discussions I’ve ever had about what the Declaration of Independence and constitution really mean were with Egyptians in Cairo, who all but wept talking about a kind of freedom they understood better than most who are born into it ever will, and which they had no expectation of ever having for their countrymen.
The least we can do as Americans, besides vote, is to be able to pass the immigration tests ourselves.
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I got 100%, but I hemmed and hawed on the question about the Supreme Court. That was a misnomer–they’re selected, but need confirmation before they become justices.
Comment by f. chong rutherford — June 28, 2006 @ 8:26