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

2. What was the name of the bully who decided to go after Mawi's brother?
(a) Mike Thompson.
(b) Jake Evans.
(c) Roger Botwin.
(d) Bobby Smith.

3. For the first two weeks that Mawai's family lived in the United States, they shared a two bedroom hotel room in what city?
(a) Denver.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

4. What did the stranger bribe Mawi's older brother with in order to convince him to leave his homeland in "Memories"?
(a) A twenty dollar bill.
(b) A new shirt.
(c) A piece of gum.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

5. When they were still in elementary school, Mawi's brother told him stories about five brothers from where?
(a) India.
(b) Canada.
(c) China.
(d) Ecuador.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mawi recalls how his father was known for his skills at what in "The Camp"?

2. 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?

3. What job did Mawi's father take upon moving to the United States?

4. When the principal sent home a note saying that the boys might be expelled, what did Mawi's father tell them to do?

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

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