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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Author's Note - Coming to America.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eritrea became an independent nation in what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1983.

2. Eritrea and Ethiopia had fought a civil war until what year?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1994.

3. What name refers to a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden?
(a) The Foot of Africa.
(b) The Horn of Africa.
(c) The Tongue of Africa.
(d) The Hand of Africa.

4. What place did Mawi's father tell his family was the land of paradise in "The Camp"?
(a) Amerikha.
(b) South America.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sudan.

5. In the Author's Note, he states that his true name was what?
(a) Haileab Hntsa-Eyesus Asgedom.
(b) Selamawi Haileab Asgedom.
(c) Haileab Asgedom.
(d) Hntsa-Eyesus Selamawi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mawi's family have a house before they left to become refugees in "Memories"?

2. Mawi's family was first cleared to go to the United States in what year?

3. What is the capital of Eritrea?

4. The bully who stole Mawi's bird in "The Camp" later had to join what, where he became one of the "list of senseless casualties"?

5. Mawi recalls how his father was known for his skills at what in "The Camp"?

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