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

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

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) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

4. The bully who stole Mawi's bird in "The Camp" later had to join what, where he became one of the "list of senseless casualties"?
(a) The Sudanese Republican Army.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The Liberian liberation movement.
(d) The Ethiopian liberation movement.

5. Before a family could immigrate to the United States, they needed to do what in "Coming to America"?
(a) Pay a fee.
(b) Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) Take a test.
(d) Learn U.S. history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eritrea has an extensive coastline along what body of water?

2. What was the name of the bully who decided to go after Mawi's brother?

3. When Mawi's brother was about to be attacked by a bully with a switchblade in "Playground Warfare," a van appeared carrying how many large black men?

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

5. Through television, Mawi's family discovered that Americans were very concerned with cleanliness and ___________.

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