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Article: Government redesigns citizenship test.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- November 30, 2006
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Byline: Frank James
WASHINGTON _ Complaining that the current U.S. citizenship test only measures rote facts future citizens should know, the federal government plans to try out a new test in 10 cities next year to see how much immigrants know about American values.
The current test asks such basic questions as "What are the colors of our flag?" and "What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?"
But the new test debuts questions like "What does it mean that the U.S. Constitution is a constitution of limited powers?" and "Why do we have three branches of government?"
Emilio Gonzalez, director of the U.S. ...