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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A New Life - Playground Warfare.

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. To make ends meet, Mawi's family found ____________ in "A New Life."
(a) A job for Mawi.
(b) An energy efficient car.
(c) A renter for the upstairs.
(d) A smaller apartment.

3. What was the name of the bully who decided to go after Mawi's brother?
(a) Roger Botwin.
(b) Bobby Smith.
(c) Mike Thompson.
(d) Jake Evans.

4. What did the stranger bribe Mawi's older brother with in order to convince him to leave his homeland in "Memories"?
(a) A piece of gum.
(b) A new shirt.
(c) A twenty dollar bill.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Author's Note, he states that his true name was what?

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

3. The author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.

4. What was the name of Mawi's mother?

5. 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"?

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