Americans can't pass the US citizenship test

[Jazzy]

In a video posted earlier this week, members of the Immigrant Archive Project — an oral history project that collects the stories of American immigrants — did a series of "man-on-the-street" interviews with passersby in Miami.

The twist: they asked questions from the US citizenship test that every immigrant is required to take in order to naturalize. Not to spoil anything, but the people they interviewed — all of whom are native-born American citizens — didn't fare too well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za4ZZN0SekE

To put this in context, as of December 2013, 91 percent of immigrants who took the full citizenship test passed it by getting six of ten questions correct. (They're given a list of 100 possible questions and answers to study beforehand.)

By contrast, of the 15 people whom the Immigrant Archive Project people interviewed, only one got six out of ten questions correct: that's a pass rate of less than 7 percent.

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This practice test contains 25 questions.

How well did you do on the practice quiz?

 

[Sinon]

You got 19 of 25 possible points.
Your score: 76 %

Not bad considering.

 

[Jazzy]

You got 24 of 25 possible points.
Your score: 96 %

Ugh, I should have known the one I missed.

 

[.Xstinct]

Well my excuse is that I'm Dutch

You got 23 of 25 possible points.
Your score: 92 %

 

[DrLeftover]

That's about how I did.

How many of our elected officials could get a passing grade?

 

[Evil Eye]

I also got 92%. I have to say it's ridiculously easy.