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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. Before a family could immigrate to the United States, they needed to do what in "Coming to America"?
(a) Learn U.S. history.
(b) Take a test.
(c) Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
(d) Pay a fee.

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

3. What was the name of Mawi's younger sister?
(a) Mehret.
(b) Kiros.
(c) Mulu.
(d) Tsege.

4. How old was Mawi's older brother when his family departed across the desert as refugees in "Memories"?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

5. What city did Mawi's family find across the border to be filled with disease and refugees in "Memories"?
(a) Umsagata.
(b) Awad.
(c) Adi Wahla.
(d) Asmara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mawi's mother take him and his siblings to find their father in "Memories"?

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

3. What country borders Eritrea to the west?

4. What was the name of the author's older brother?

5. Eritrea and Ethiopia had fought a civil war until what year?

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