Citizenship Interview and Test

On Friday I have my final citizenship interview and examination. At 1:00pm I will meet with an agent of the Department of Homeland Security for about 2 hours and discuss topics such as my history and background, my devotion to the constitution, and my morality and character. I have to bring tons of documents. In fact, I've got a whole accordian style file folder full of documents pertaining to my case. During the interview I will be asked questions about U.S. Government and U.S. History. This is part of the test. I've got study materials that I've used to prepare myself. Here are some questions they may ask:

1. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

2. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

3. What year was the Constitution written?

4. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

5. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

6. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

7. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

8. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

9. Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers?

10. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

11. Who was president during WWI?

How did you do? Here are the answers, check and see:

1. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

2. 27

3. 1787

4. Thomas Jefferson

5. John Roberts

6. nine

7. 435

8. six

9. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

10. World War II

11. Woodrow Wilson

Wish me luck on Friday! I hope everything goes well. If it does and I pass the interview I will get a date to be sworn in as a citizen of the United States. I'm not sure when the ceremony will be but I will definitely blog about it.