Alison Cowan has written interesting article about "crib sheets" for immigrants. They were meant to help the aspiring immigrant to get through the questioning by immigration officers and preclude their being sent back home. This particular practice seemed to be most prevalent on the West Coast because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
You can read Alison's article at: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/53-questions-that-a-life-may-depend-on/?hp
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