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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. The transition to America was particularly difficult for Mawi's mother who thought that, by culture, she was not supposed to do what?
(a) Speak when visitors came.
(b) Take a seat.
(c) Answer the door.
(d) Smile in public.

2. Eventually, Mawi started making friends through what game in "Playground Warfare"?
(a) Football.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Baseball.

3. During what years did Mawi's family remain living in the refugee camp in "The Camp"?
(a) 1983-1985.
(b) 1980-1983.
(c) 1978-1984.
(d) 1985-1987.

4. Where did Mawi's family have a house before they left to become refugees in "Memories"?
(a) Kano, Nigeria.
(b) Lagos, Nigeria.
(c) Adi Wahla, Ethiopia.
(d) Gonder, Ethiopia.

5. Along with their small gardens and healthcare from the Swedish Ministry, on what did Mawi's family survive in "The Camp"?
(a) Trapped rats.
(b) United Nations rations.
(c) Migratory birds.
(d) Crickets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country borders Eritrea to the south?

2. 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"?

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

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

5. How many stories was the house that Mawi's family moved into in "A New Life"?

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