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65/20 accommodation track
Applicants 65 or older with 20+ years as a permanent resident study only these 20 official starred questions, and may answer in their own language with an interpreter.
USCIS gives long-term permanent residents an age-based accommodation. If you qualify for 65/20, you only need to know the 20 starred questions below from the 2008 test bank — not the full bank — and you may answer the civics test in your own language, with an interpreter you bring. The nearby 50/20 and 55/15 rules excuse only the English test, not the full question set. USCIS’s newer 2025 test track (see which track is yours) preserves the 65/20 accommodation with its own starred subset — verify the current list at uscis.gov before relying on any starred tag for that track.
65 or older with 20+ years as a permanent resident: study only the 20 starred questions (2008 test track), and may test in your own language with an interpreter. The 2025 test track preserves this accommodation with its own starred subset — see Part 5.
55 or older with 15+ years as a permanent resident: may take the civics test in your own language with an interpreter (English test still required unless another exception applies).
50 or older with 20+ years as a permanent resident: may take the civics test in your own language with an interpreter (English test still required unless another exception applies).
Form N-648, completed by a medical professional, can excuse the English and/or civics requirements for an applicant with a qualifying disability or impairment. This runs through your doctor and preparer, not this course.
This page teaches the test. Whether you qualify for an accommodation is a question for your N-400 and your immigration attorney or a USCIS-accredited representative — not for this course.
Pulled directly from the same imported question pool used across every /citizenship page — never a separately maintained list. Expand any question to see the answer and explanation.
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land — the test's foundational question. (Starred* for 65/20 studiers.) (Book §1.1)
The Bill of Rights — among the most-asked questions at real interviews. (Starred*.) (Book §1.1)
Any branch name or its institution works: Congress/legislative, President/executive, courts/judicial. (Starred*.) (Book §1.2)
Senate + House — the bicameral pair. (Starred*.) (Book §1.2)
Four-year presidential terms; elections in November. (Starred*.) (Book §1.2)
November — the calendar answer paired with the 4-year term. (Starred*.) (Book §1.2)
The Supreme Court — pair it with the how-many-justices and Chief-Justice dynamic cards. (Starred*.) (Book §1.2)
Democratic and Republican — with the President's-party question as its dynamic sibling. (Starred*.) (Book §1.3)
Practice saying the exact phrase aloud — 'the Bill of Rights' — this is a most-asked item. (Starred*.) (Book §1.1)
The three-column card: legislative-Congress, executive-President, judicial-courts. (Starred*.) (Book §1.2)
The paired questions travel together; the count is verify-current by design. (Starred* on the court.) (Book §1.2)
The supreme-law phrase answers the what-is question AND its reverse form. (Starred*.) (Book §1.1)
The party pair is stable; WHICH party holds the presidency changes — the split the worksheet manages. (Starred* the pair.) (Book §1.3)
Eighteen and older — the 26th Amendment's number, asked directly. (Starred*.) (Book §2.1)
Everyone pays taxes and obeys laws; jury service and federal voting are the citizens-only responsibilities. (Starred*.) (Book §2.2)
April 15 — the test's most concrete date. (Starred*.) (Book §2.3)
Part 2's two hard numbers, paired: tax day and Selective Service. (Tax day is Starred*.) (Book §2.3)
Taxes and law-obedience bind everyone; jury (and federal voting) are the citizens-only answers. (Starred*.) (Book §2.2)
Eighteen-and-older is the 26th — also the direct answer to the voting-age question. (Starred*.) (Book §2.1)
The test's most concrete date — calendar it twice. (Starred*.) (Book §2.3)
Native Americans/American Indians — either official form. (Starred*.) (Book §3.1)
Jefferson wrote it; Washington fathered the country; Franklin gets his own famous-for list — keep the trio straight. (Starred*.) (Book §3.1)
July 4, 1776 — the same fact behind the Independence Day holiday question. (Starred*.) (Book §3.1)
Washington — also the answer to 'who was the first President?' (Starred*.) (Book §3.1)
Washington again — the pairing with Father of Our Country makes both automatic. (Starred*.) (Book §3.1)
Lincoln's official list: Emancipation, preserving the Union, Civil War leadership — any one. (Starred*.) (Book §3.2)
The 1900s sequence: WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf — any one. (Starred*.) (Book §3.3)
Either accepted phrasing; King's is among the most-asked questions in real interviews. (Starred*.) (Book §3.3)
The official phrasing: terrorists attacked the United States. (Starred*.) (Book §3.3)
Either official phrase passes; practice pronouncing both. (Starred*.) (Book §3.1)
Lincoln: Emancipation, Union, Civil War leadership. Alaska belongs to a different era. (Starred* Lincoln.) (Book §3.2)
Either official phrase passes — among the most-asked at real interviews. (Starred*.) (Book §3.3)
Say the official sentence; it is the accepted answer. (Starred*.) (Book §3.3)
The double-Washington: memorize once, answer twice. (Starred* both.) (Book §3.1)
Same date, two granularities — the paired-question drill from the treatise. (Starred*.) (Book §3.1)
The two most-answered names on the test, consolidated into one recall card. (Starred* both names.) (Book §3.2)
One rehearsed sentence answers two official questions aloud. (Starred* King.) (Book §3.3)
Say the sentence exactly; it is the accepted answer. (Starred*.) (Book §3.3)
Pacific = West; Atlantic = East — the paired map questions. (Starred*.) (Book §4.1)
Only four qualify — and for our California audience, home is the answer. (Starred*.) (Book §4.1)
Washington, D.C. — paired with the where-is-the-Statue-of-Liberty question. (Starred*.) (Book §4.1)
New York Harbor/Liberty Island (New Jersey-adjacent answers also accepted). (Starred*.) (Book §4.1)
Stripes = original colonies; stars = current states — the flag's two-number logic. (Starred*.) (Book §4.2)
Stars = states; the accepted forms all say one star per state. (Starred*.) (Book §4.2)
July 4 — the 1776 adoption date wearing its holiday clothes. (Starred*.) (Book §4.2)
Any two from the official list; Halloween and Valentine's are the classic traps (not national holidays). (Starred*.) (Book §4.2)
Picture the map once: P-acific on the P-acific sunset side. (Starred* both questions.) (Book §4.1)
Only four; Californians should lead with home. (Starred*.) (Book §4.1)
The two place answers travel as a pair; swapping them is the classic slip. (Starred* both.) (Book §4.1)
The flag's two-number logic answers two official questions at once. (Starred* both.) (Book §4.2)
One date, two questions — holiday (no year) and adoption (with year). (Starred*.) (Book §4.2)
USCIS accepts several location forms; say the one you can pronounce confidently. (Starred*.) (Book §4.1)
Say 'Washington, D.C.' — the D.C. distinguishes it from the state on the Canada border. (Starred*.) (Book §4.1)
Every numbered practice test draws from the full pool, so starred questions naturally appear inside them too. For focused review of only the starred set, use the expandable list above as many times as you like — there is no limit and no account required to read it.
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