I think we should re-test all Americans and kick out the ones who fail…
It’s not that hard… we don’t have that much history!! We’re still a pretty new country.
wheee 70% - but then I am African
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90%- but I went to private schools.
45% here…good thing I’m a Canajan, eh?
80% for me and I am not american. I got questions 3, 8, 11, 16 wrong.
The naturalisation form one was easy - you just needed to read the title of the forms.
The one I am most annoyed at getting wrong was attributing the quote to Washington instead of Patrick Henry. I should have got that.
A local guy has started an animation company, American Animation Studios ,and is doing short films on American heroes. I went to the premier of his Patrick Henry; Quest for Freedom film last week, so I was very happy to see that question on the quiz!
100% only because I guessed on the form question. “Shouldn’t someone have to fill-out an application for something before they submit a petition for that same something?” went my thinking.
I guessed on that one too. Although I guessed wrong…95%.
Bernie 
Missed 8 and 12 (had no clue). Everything else was good
90%. give it to me now! darn it!
I got a 90%. One I just was an idiot on (the intro to the Consti) and then the one about who can declare war. I thought that the President can declare war but then Congress must approve it.
They also had a bunch of chicks doing the job…the guys were too drunk most of the time.
Francois, I am pretty sure the way our immigration system works is that people who score well have to pay lots of money to lawyers to get approved, but we take in those that do poorly or can’t speak English at all no questions asked.
I have already reported your score to the Immigration People. Sorry, but I am a patriot.
95%. I didn’t know which form to fill out for citizenship.
It did take me a while to figure out that New Zealand wasn’t one of the origiginal colonies. Can you imagine how long it would have taken them to get to Philadelphia by horse back?
I aced it, but I am going to write the thing next year. The form question is just stupid - who really cares? But as others have pointed out, if you file the form you probably know the number.
Want to see the rest of the questions - go here - http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=bb93667706f7d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=bb93667706f7d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD
Most are REALLY easy, and many are repeat variants of others. I would guess that in reality there are about 60 questions, with the other 40 being variants in phrasing on one of the main 60. There are limited current questions, like the one on Roberts (name the current pres and VP, your current Governor, your current Senators or House representative). About the only serious memory work that would be required is knowning the amendments to the consitution, but with the cheat sheets published in advanced you could get by knowing just a few.
This is much easier than the test for Canada. I checked that out to see if I could be a citizen of my own native country. Much more on geography, industry, economics, and current politics than the American one. I think I only got 85% on that one.
The MSN article says they ar piloting a new test for 2008 - it will be interesting to see how much that changes things. Which raises the question – what do you think should be covered, and to what level? I don’t think we want it to be at a doctoral level, but nor should it be at a 6th grade level. And what to cover - how much history, current civics, and should it cover other things about the US than currently are in scope, like the Canadian test?
Now I am post grad educated and English is my first language, so I really don’t care where they put the bar, but would be interested in opinions on what people think should be done and how to keep it fair. Remeber, the general timeline is 5 years after you get your green card - you have at least that much time to prepare.
I only missed the question about the naturalization form, but obviously if one were completing the process one would be more likely to have known that one too.
Some of the alternate responses were amusing, e. g., the Pilgrims came to America “to escape the Revolutionary War.”
Some of the alternate responses were amusing, e. g., the Pilgrims came to America “to escape the Revolutionary War.” \
I got that one right of course, but I think that the "came for gold "answer was closer to the truth in reality… We are taught that it was all about religion, but seeing as how just about every other explorer of that time was after treasure, it had to at least partially right…
**I got that one right of course, but I think that the "came for gold "answer was closer to the truth in reality… We are taught that it was all about religion, but seeing as how just about every other explorer of that time was after treasure, it had to at least partially right… **
Monty,
I think that it is fairly well-documented that the Pilgrims were all about escaping Europe so that they could establish a colony to practice their particular brand of Puritan Christianity. To be sure there were other groups whose motivation was more profit centered, but not the Pilgrims. If you are interested, I would recommend the book Mayflower by Nathaniel Hicks. It is all about the Pilgrims’ escaping England to Holland, and then from Holland to America. It is chock full of primary sources.
Bernie
100%
Both of my college aged kids failed.
19 out of 20. Sorry, I don’t need to become naturalized. 
I missed #19.
These are the USCIS forms I am familar with:
I-600A, *Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition *
Filed with your local USCIS office at the beginning of the process. This is a visa application for an unknown child.
I-171H , I-797C, Notice of Favorable Determination Concerning Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition
Visa pre-approval which you receive from USCIS once they have approved your I-600A.
I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative
Filed in Guangzhou at the U.S. consulate after your adoption is complete. This is your child’s U.S. visa application. The petitioner on the I-600A must also file as petitioner on the I-600