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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) Adi Wahla.
(c) Asmara.
(d) Umsagata.

2. Where did Mawi's mother take him and his siblings to find their father in "Memories"?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Nigeria.

3. What is the capital of Eritrea?
(a) Adi Wahla.
(b) Asmara.
(c) Djibouti.
(d) Awad.

4. With what song would bullies serenade Mehret?
(a) "Give Peace a Chance."
(b) "We Are the World."
(c) "I Love You."
(d) "Bo Diddly."

5. What is the name of the church that agreed to sponsor Mawi's family in "A New Life"?
(a) The Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
(b) The Christian Science Ministry.
(c) The Bethel Presbyterian Church.
(d) The First Methodist Church of Harlem.

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. How old was Mawi's older brother when his family departed across the desert as refugees in "Memories"?

3. What country borders Eritrea to the southeast?

4. According to Mawi's father, angels often appeared in what form?

5. In the Author's Note, he states that his true name was what?

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