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2.1sYou'll have to pass the test before then.
3.84sOh, no. That is not nearly enough time to learn over 200 years of American history.
2.57sOh, it can't be that many.
2.84sCome on, Apu. I'll be your tutor.
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2.44sPlease identify this object.
3.67sIt appears to be the flag which disappeared from the public library last year.
4.17sCorrect. Now, we all know the 13 stripes are for good luck.
4.64sBut why does the American flag have precisely 47 stars?
3.07sBecause this particular flag is ridiculously out-of-date.
3.7sThe library must have purchased it during the brief period in 1912...
3.17safter New Mexico became a state, but before Arizona did.
1.87sUh, partial credit.
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4sNow, they may ask you to locate your town on a map of the U.S. So, let's do that.