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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Days of Mischief - Coffee Tales.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 bottle of whiskey.
(c) A twenty dollar bill.
(d) A new shirt.

2. Where did Mawi's mother send her sons for safekeeping when the armies came close to their home in "Coffee Tales"?
(a) Her brother's home.
(b) Her cousin's home.
(c) Her father's home.
(d) Her sister's home.

3. What job did Mawi's father take upon moving to the United States?
(a) Cook.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Plumber.

4. Frank and Mbago were brothers from _______________.
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Djibouti.
(c) Eritrea.
(d) China.

5. In addition to disease and violence, Mawi's family also had to worry about _________ in "The Camp."
(a) The Inited Nations.
(b) The Egytian military.
(c) Large predatory animals.
(d) Sudanese rebel groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what song would bullies serenade Mehret?

2. For the first two weeks that Mawai's family lived in the United States, they shared a two bedroom hotel room in what city?

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

4. During what years did Mawi's family remain living in the refugee camp in "The Camp"?

5. Mawi and his brother remembered a story their father had told them about a boy who died for ___________________.

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