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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. What city did Mawi's family find across the border to be filled with disease and refugees in "Memories"?
(a) Awad.
(b) Umsagata.
(c) Asmara.
(d) Adi Wahla.

2. In the Author's Note, he states that since he came to the United States, he became known by what name?
(a) Mawi Asgedom.
(b) Haileab Asgedom.
(c) Sela Asgedom.
(d) Lama Asgedom.

3. What country borders Eritrea to the west?
(a) Djibouti.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Ethiopia.

4. In "The Camp," Mawi was attacked by a bully and his brother came to his rescue, but even before his brother could reach him, what happened?
(a) Another bully attacked him.
(b) A dog attacked the bully.
(c) His parents found him.
(d) A teacher grabbed him.

5. The author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.
(a) Extended visas.
(b) Native clothing.
(c) Money.
(d) Native food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author remember playing soccer with in his homeland in "Memories"?

3. What would bullies draw over Mehret's locker in "Playground Warfare"?

4. When they were still in elementary school, Mawi's brother told him stories about five brothers from where?

5. What name refers to a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden?

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