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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) Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) Pay a fee.
(d) Take a test.

2. What is the name of Mawi's little brother who was born in "A New Life"?
(a) Hntsa-Eyesus.
(b) Kiros.
(c) Jake.
(d) Haileab.

3. What was the name of the author's older brother?
(a) Tsege.
(b) Tewolde.
(c) Haileab.
(d) Kiros.

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

5. In the Author's Note, he states that his true name was what?
(a) Selamawi Haileab Asgedom.
(b) Haileab Hntsa-Eyesus Asgedom.
(c) Haileab Asgedom.
(d) Hntsa-Eyesus Selamawi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mawi's father's homeland?

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

3. How much older was Tewolde than Mawi?

4. Eventually, Mawi started making friends through what game in "Playground Warfare"?

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

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