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How American are you? Take the alternative citizenship quiz!

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Max Larsen 4, of Steger, Ill., cheers along with the crowd at a Kansas City Royals-Chicago White Sox baseball game in 2011.

To become a US citizen, immigrants must past a test that includes questions on government, history, and geography.

But what really makes someone "American?" Many would argue it is our common culture. Do you eat hot dogs on Independence Day? What do you really know about the Simpsons?

Here are 23 questions on everything from movies and music to fiction and food, with a little US history thrown in too. Just how American are you? Take our alternative citizenship quiz and find out!

  • By Laura Edwins Contributor

1. What is Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Born in the USA,” about?

Being a proud member of America’s working class

Anchor Babies

Growing up in New Jersey

A Vietnam Veteran
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