Beginning October 1, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will be giving prospective citizens a newly redesigned naturalization test. Out of 100 possible questions, the applicant will be tested on 10 questions and generally have to answer six correctly to pass. You can test your knowledge with the following 10 samples from the 100 questions:

Questions

1. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

2. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

3. In what month do we vote for president?

4. What does the judicial branch do?

5. What is the name of the speaker of the House of Representatives now?

6. When must all men register for the Selective Service?

7. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

8. What did Susan B. Anthony do?

9. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

10. Why does the flag have 50 stars?

Answers

1. 27

2. Senate and House of Representatives

3. November

4. Reviews laws; explains laws; resolves disputes; decides if a law goes against the Constitution

5. Nancy Pelosi

6. Either at age 18 or between age 18 and 26

7. James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; Publius (pseudonym)

8. Fought for women’s rights; fought for civil rights

9. Many possible answers including Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit

10. Because there is one star for each state

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security