OBAA: CH 3: Coming to America: On Your Own

Chapter 3: Coming to America

This is a quiz that you will do ON YOUR OWN. It will be graded. I have recorded parts of the story that you will need to know and put them in the quiz.

Chaper 3: Coming to America

Listen to this before you answer the next question. Thanks! Ms. Grant

Multiple Choice

What organization helped Mawi and his parents come to the United States?

• World Help

• World Relief

• World Refugee

Chapter 3: Coming to American

Listen to the question about a "sponsor".

Multiple Choice

What is a "sponsor"?

• A person who find the refugees housing, furniture, jobs, medical treatment,and schools in America.

• A refugee.

• A person who writes a story about the refugee experience.

Chapter 3: Coming to America

Listen to the passage. What was the big surprise?

Multiple Choice

Mawi's family was supposed to come to the United States in 1982. What was the big surprise that affected their trip?

• Mawi's father died.

• Mawi's half sister showed up in Sudan.

• Mawi's mother got sick.

• Mawi's mother was pregnant.

Chapter 3: Coming to America

Listen to find out how the surprise affected the trip to America.

Poll

Our friends gathered around to bid farewell and a lorry rumbled toward us. Mawi's family and many others traveled in a lorry to the airport. What is a lorry?

• a car

• a truck

• a train

Open Ended

Mawi's family left for America.

What worries (concerns) would you have if you were leaving your homeland for a new country? If you have experienced this, write from your experience. Write 4-6 sentences. This will be graded.

Multiple Select

Check all that are TRUE. Select 3.

• Mawi's half sister shows up just before the family leaves for America.

• World Relief only had paperwork for 5 people, NOT 6.

• Mawi's family got permission to leave in 1982.

• Mawi's family were told they would need to wait a year and finally left Sudan in 1983.