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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 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?
(a) The Tongue of Africa.
(b) The Hand of Africa.
(c) The Foot of Africa.
(d) The Horn of Africa.

2. 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?
(a) 6.
(b) 14.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. How old was Mawi when his mother took him and his siblings to become refugees in "Memories"?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

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

5. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Irony.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. When they were still in elementary school, Mawi's brother told him stories about five brothers from where?

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

5. What refers to extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development?

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