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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Along with their small gardens and healthcare from the Swedish Ministry, on what did Mawi's family survive in "The Camp"?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Trapped rats.
(c) United Nations rations.
(d) Migratory birds.

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

4. What refers to extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development?
(a) Street fighting.
(b) Kick boxing.
(c) Martial arts.
(d) Mud wrestling.

5. Eritrea has an extensive coastline along what body of water?
(a) The Dead Sea.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) The Indian Ocean.
(d) The Red Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

2. In the Author's Note, he states that since he came to the United States, he became known by what name?

3. What is the name of Mawi's little brother who was born in "A New Life"?

4. Through television, Mawi's family discovered that Americans were very concerned with cleanliness and ___________.

5. How old was Mawi when his mother took him and his siblings to become refugees in "Memories"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the Sudanese rebels in "The Camp"? Where did the author's father want to go in order to find security?

2. Who led the author's family across the desert in "Memories"? How is she described?

3. What deferred Mawi's family from leaving for America in 1982 in "Coming to America"?

4. How does the author describe the educational system and his interaction with other children in "The Camp"?

5. Who helped Mawi's family in "Coming to America"? What does this organization do?

6. What stories does the author say his brother told him in "Playground Warfare"? What did he later realize about these stories?

7. How did the children in Mawi's new home perceive his family, as described in "Playground Warfare"? How did they treat them?

8. Where did Mawi's family stay upon their arrival in the U.S. in "A New Life"? Who met and helped them at the airport?

9. What example of foreshadowing does the author employ in "A New Life"? What did the family learn about American culture in this chapter?

10. What did Mawi's parents believe about education, as described in "Playground Warfare"? Why?

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