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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 was the name of the woman who would take the children to the college to play soccer and play on the playground in "God's Angels"?
(a) Beth.
(b) Charlene.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ruth.

2. What upper middle class community did Mawi's family move to upon finding a sponsor in "A New Life"?
(a) Wheaton.
(b) Downers Grove.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Naperville.

3. What disease had Mawi's father contracted in "A New Life"?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Malaria.

4. What place did Mawi's father tell his family was the land of paradise in "The Camp"?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Amerikha.
(c) South America.
(d) Sudan.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In their leisure time, Mawi and his brother would go hunting with what?

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

3. What country borders Eritrea to the south?

4. What did the stranger bribe Mawi's older brother with in order to convince him to leave his homeland in "Memories"?

5. Mawi's father took in a homeless man and helped him. What did the man give him in return when he departed in "God's Angels"?

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