Immigrants get 'a better test' for U.S. citizenship

Immigrants get 'a better test' for U.S. citizenship
By John Woolfolk Mercury News, 09/27/2008

...For years, scholars, historians and policy makers have mocked the inane questions on the naturalization examination that immigrants must pass to gain U.S. citizenship, arguing that it tested trivia and minted new Americans who lacked meaningful knowledge about their adopted country's history and governance. But that's set to change Wednesday, when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rolls out a redesigned naturalization exam...