Here are the questions I was asked on Thursday:
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
In what month do we vote for president?
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900's.
I was given a booklet that contained 100 questions that they would pull my questions from. I had to answer six out of ten questions to pass this part of the test. I was lucky the guy asked me easy ones (though I was prepared to answer any of the 100).
My oath ceremony will be in December and I will start the new year as a citizen of the United States!
Answers:
435 in the House
elected for 2 years
vote for president in Nov.
Chief Justice John Roberts
Father of Country: George Washington
WWI, WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Persian
Test questions found here.
7 comments:
Congratulations! What is your current citizenship? I can't remember.
When I was a missionary in California I taught a U.S. citizenship course for Vietnamese folks. There were a few years where I would wake up repeating those questions over, and over, and over, and over, and over. It was all worth in when one of our elderly Vietnamese students who could only speak enough English to pass the scripted test would rush into class and announce they had passed. I suspect you never worried too much about passing, but CONGRATULATIONS nonetheless! Now you can vote! Hoorah!
Um, not sure I would have passed that! Congratulations!
I had no idea you weren't a citizen! Congratulations! Brenan has to do all that fun stuff too, in about 2 years. I was lucky enough to have a Mom from California so I was a citizen born abroad. Any advice for Brenan, though? Just a lot of memorization? He'll definitely know more than me after studying for this test.
My current citizenship is Australian. My permanent resident card expires in a couple of years so Joseph and I decided to take care of it before it became stressful. Beth, Brenan will do fine. He probably already knows most of the information in that book - the questions are pretty basic. I thought the worst part was paying for it and making sure I had all the documents together that they were asking for.
Oh no! I need to work on that :D
I'm not sure I could currently qualify to be a citizen if I had to pass a test- shameful since Leif works for the government, but all I think about these days are how to make the budget stretch, how to help a teething 10 month old, and how to keep my house livable. I need to broaden my scope of thinking. Way to go!! I vaguely remember a conversation in high school about being a citizen. Glad you got it! Now you're here to stay. ;)
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