100
TOTAL QUESTIONS
10
ASKED AT INTERVIEW
6
NEEDED TO PASS
WHAT'S IN THIS GUIDE
WHAT CHANGED — OLD TEST VS NEW TEST
USCIS implemented a new civics test on October 20, 2025. Here's exactly what is different:
📋 Old Test (2008 version — for N-400 filed before Oct 20, 2025)
• 100 total possible questions
• Officer asks up to 10 questions
• Must answer 6 correctly to pass
• Test stops when you pass or fail
• Officer asks up to 10 questions
• Must answer 6 correctly to pass
• Test stops when you pass or fail
✅ New Test (2025 version — for N-400 filed on or after Oct 20, 2025)
• 128 total possible questions
• Officer asks 20 randomly selected questions
• Must answer 12 correctly to pass
• Test stops when you reach 12 correct or 9 incorrect
• Officer asks 20 randomly selected questions
• Must answer 12 correctly to pass
• Test stops when you reach 12 correct or 9 incorrect
WHO MUST TAKE THE NEW TEST
The single most important factor is your N-400 filing date — not your interview date.
- Filed before October 20, 2025 → You take the old 100-question test regardless of when your interview is scheduled
- Filed on or after October 20, 2025 → You take the new 128-question test
- Not sure? Check your Form I-797 receipt notice — it shows your filing date
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START INTERVIEW PREP — $9.99CATEGORY 1: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
57 questions covering the Constitution, the system of government, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
QUESTION 1
What is the supreme law of the land?
the Constitution
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QUESTION 2
What does the Constitution do?
sets up the government / defines the government / protects basic rights of Americans
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QUESTION 3
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
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QUESTION 4
What is an amendment?
a change (to the Constitution) / an addition (to the Constitution)
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QUESTION 5
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights
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QUESTION 6
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
speech / religion / assembly / press / petition the government
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QUESTION 7
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
twenty-seven (27)
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QUESTION 8
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
announced our independence (from Great Britain) / declared our independence (from Great Britain) / said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
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QUESTION 9
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
life / liberty / pursuit of happiness
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QUESTION 10
What is freedom of religion?
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
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QUESTION 11
What is the economic system in the United States?
capitalist economy / market economy
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QUESTION 12
What is the “rule of law”?
Everyone must follow the law. / Leaders must obey the law. / Government must obey the law. / No one is above the law.
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QUESTION 13
Name one branch or part of the government.
Congress / legislative / President / executive / the courts / judicial
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QUESTION 14
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
checks and balances / separation of powers
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QUESTION 15
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
the President
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QUESTION 16
Who makes federal laws?
Congress / Senate and House (of Representatives) / (U.S. or national) legislature
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QUESTION 17
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
the Senate and House (of Representatives)
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QUESTION 18
How many U.S. Senators are there?
one hundred (100)
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QUESTION 19
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
six (6)
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QUESTION 20
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?
Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.]
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QUESTION 21
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
four hundred thirty-five (435)
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QUESTION 22
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
two (2)
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QUESTION 23
Name your U.S. Representative.
Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.]
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QUESTION 24
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
all people of the state
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QUESTION 25
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
(because of) the state’s population / (because) they have more people / (because) some states have more people
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QUESTION 26
We elect a President for how many years?
four (4)
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QUESTION 27
In what month do we vote for President?
November
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QUESTION 28
What is the name of the President of the United States now?
Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the President of the United States.
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QUESTION 29
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Vice President of the United States.
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QUESTION 30
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
the Vice President
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QUESTION 31
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
the Speaker of the House
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QUESTION 32
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
the President
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QUESTION 33
Who signs bills to become laws?
the President
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QUESTION 34
Who vetoes bills?
the President
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QUESTION 35
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
advises the President
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QUESTION 36
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of Agriculture / Secretary of Commerce / Secretary of Defense / Secretary of Education / Secretary of Energy / Secretary of Health and Human Services / Secretary of Homeland Security / Secretary of Housing and Urban Development / Secretary of the Interior / Secretary of Labor / Secretary of State / Secretary of Transportation / Secretary of the Treasury / Secretary of Veterans Affairs / Attorney General / Vice President
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QUESTION 37
What does the judicial branch do?
reviews laws / explains laws / resolves disputes (disagreements) / decides if a law goes against the Constitution
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QUESTION 38
What is the highest court in the United States?
the Supreme Court
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QUESTION 39
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
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QUESTION 40
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Chief Justice of the United States.
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QUESTION 41
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
to print money / to declare war / to create an army / to make treaties
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QUESTION 42
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
provide schooling and education / provide protection (police) / provide safety (fire departments) / give a driver’s license / approve zoning and land use
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QUESTION 43
Who is the Governor of your state now?
Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a Governor.]
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QUESTION 44
What is the capital of your state?
Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.]
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QUESTION 45
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
Democratic and Republican
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QUESTION 46
What is the political party of the President now?
Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the political party of the President.
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QUESTION 47
What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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QUESTION 48
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). / You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. / Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) / A male citizen of any race (can vote).
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QUESTION 49
What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
serve on a jury / vote in a federal election
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QUESTION 50
Name one right only for United States citizens.
vote in a federal election / run for federal office
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QUESTION 51
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
freedom of expression / freedom of speech / freedom of assembly / freedom to petition the government / freedom of religion / the right to bear arms
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QUESTION 52
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
the United States / the flag
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QUESTION 53
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
give up loyalty to other countries / defend the Constitution and laws of the United States / obey the laws of the United States / serve in the U.S. military (if needed) / serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed) / be loyal to the United States
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QUESTION 54
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
eighteen (18) and older
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QUESTION 55
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
vote / join a political party / help with a campaign / join a civic group / join a community group / give an elected official your opinion on an issue / call Senators and Representatives / publicly support or oppose an issue or policy / run for office / write to a newspaper
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QUESTION 56
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
April 15
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QUESTION 57
When must all men register for the Selective Service?
at age eighteen (18) / between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)
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30 questions covering the colonial period and independence, the 1800s, and recent American history.
QUESTION 58
What is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom / political liberty / religious freedom / economic opportunity / practice their religion / escape persecution
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QUESTION 59
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians / Native Americans
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QUESTION 60
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans / people from Africa
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QUESTION 61
Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes (taxation without representation) / because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) / because they didn’t have self-government
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QUESTION 62
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
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QUESTION 63
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
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QUESTION 64
There were 13 original states. Name three.
New Hampshire / Massachusetts / Rhode Island / Connecticut / New York / New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Maryland / Virginia / North Carolina / South Carolina / Georgia
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QUESTION 65
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written. / The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
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QUESTION 66
When was the Constitution written?
1787
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QUESTION 67
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
(James) Madison / (Alexander) Hamilton / (John) Jay / Publius
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QUESTION 68
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
U.S. diplomat / oldest member of the Constitutional Convention / first Postmaster General of the United States / writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” / started the first free libraries
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QUESTION 69
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
(George) Washington
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QUESTION 70
Who was the first President?
(George) Washington
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QUESTION 71
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
the Louisiana Territory / Louisiana
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QUESTION 72
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
War of 1812 / Mexican-American War / Civil War / Spanish-American War
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QUESTION 73
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War / the War between the States
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QUESTION 74
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery / economic reasons / states’ rights
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QUESTION 75
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) / saved (or preserved) the Union / led the United States during the Civil War
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QUESTION 76
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves / freed slaves in the Confederacy / freed slaves in the Confederate states / freed slaves in most Southern states
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QUESTION 77
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
fought for women’s rights / fought for civil rights
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QUESTION 78
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
World War I / World War II / Korean War / Vietnam War / (Persian) Gulf War
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QUESTION 79
Who was President during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
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QUESTION 80
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
(Franklin) Roosevelt
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QUESTION 81
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany, and Italy
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QUESTION 82
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II
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QUESTION 83
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
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QUESTION 84
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
civil rights (movement)
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QUESTION 85
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
fought for civil rights / worked for equality for all Americans
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QUESTION 86
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Terrorists attacked the United States.
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QUESTION 87
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
[USCIS Officers will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.] Cherokee / Navajo / Sioux / Chippewa / Choctaw / Pueblo / Apache / Iroquois / Creek / Blackfeet / Seminole / Cheyenne / Arawak / Shawnee / Mohegan / Huron / Oneida / Lakota / Crow / Teton / Hopi / Inuit
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13 questions covering U.S. geography, national symbols, and holidays.
QUESTION 88
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
Missouri (River) / Mississippi (River)
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QUESTION 89
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
Pacific (Ocean)
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QUESTION 90
What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
Atlantic (Ocean)
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QUESTION 91
Name one U.S. territory.
Puerto Rico / U.S. Virgin Islands / American Samoa / Northern Mariana Islands / Guam
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QUESTION 92
Name one state that borders Canada.
Maine / New Hampshire / Vermont / New York / Pennsylvania / Ohio / Michigan / Minnesota / North Dakota / Montana / Idaho / Washington / Alaska
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QUESTION 93
Name one state that borders Mexico.
California / Arizona / New Mexico / Texas
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QUESTION 94
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington, D.C.
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QUESTION 95
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York (Harbor) / Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]
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QUESTION 96
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
because there were 13 original colonies / because the stripes represent the original colonies
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QUESTION 97
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
because there is one star for each state / because each star represents a state / because there are 50 states
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QUESTION 98
What is the name of the national anthem?
The Star-Spangled Banner
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QUESTION 99
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
July 4
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QUESTION 100
Name two national U.S. holidays.
New Year’s Day / Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / Presidents’ Day / Memorial Day / Juneteenth / Independence Day / Labor Day / Columbus Day / Veterans Day / Thanksgiving / Christmas
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EXEMPTIONS — WHO DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE THE TEST
Some applicants can take the civics test in their native language or take a shorter version:
- 50/20 exception — 50 years or older AND permanent resident for 20+ years → take test in your language
- 55/15 exception — 55 years or older AND permanent resident for 15+ years → take test in your language
- 65/20 exception — 65 years or older AND permanent resident for 20+ years → take a simplified 20-question version in your language
- Disability exception — Physical or developmental disability preventing you from taking the test → file Form N-648 with your doctor's certification
STUDY TIPS TO PASS THE FIRST TIME
1. KNOW YOUR STATE-SPECIFIC ANSWERS
Several questions have answers that depend on where you live — your Governor, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Representative. Look these up before your interview and memorize the current names. Officials change, so verify at the time of your interview.
2. KNOW THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
The current President and Vice President are dynamic answers — USCIS publishes the official current names at uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates. Verify the current officeholders right before your interview.
3. PRACTICE OUT LOUD
The test is oral. You must say your answers verbally to the USCIS officer. Many people know the answers but freeze when speaking. Practice answering out loud, not just reading silently.
4. FOCUS ON THE HIGHEST-PROBABILITY QUESTIONS
10 questions are randomly selected from 100. Questions about the President, Congress, Bill of Rights, and flag are asked most frequently. Study those first.
5. IF YOU FAIL, YOU GET ONE MORE CHANCE
USCIS will schedule a re-examination of only the failed portion within 60–90 days. If you fail the second time, your N-400 will be denied. You can reapply but will pay the filing fee again.
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