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

2. Where did Mawi's mother take him and his siblings to find their father in "Memories"?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Ethiopia.

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

4. After reuniting with his father, Mawi and his family found safety at a refugee camp in ___________.
(a) Awad.
(b) Adi Wahla.
(c) Umsagata.
(d) Asmara.

5. Where did Mawi's family have a house before they left to become refugees in "Memories"?
(a) Lagos, Nigeria.
(b) Gonder, Ethiopia.
(c) Kano, Nigeria.
(d) Adi Wahla, Ethiopia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals does the author remember shrieking in the beginning of "Memories"?

2. What country borders Eritrea to the west?

3. What Christian organization helped Mawi's family in immigrating in "Coming to America"?

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

5. Eritrea has an extensive coastline along what body of water?

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