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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. 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) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 14.

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

3. How much older was Tewolde than Mawi?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

4. In their leisure time, Mawi and his brother would go hunting with what?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Boomerangs.
(c) Slingshots.
(d) Spears.

5. 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 Liberian liberation movement.
(b) The Ethiopian liberation movement.
(c) The Sudanese Republican Army.
(d) The United Nations.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.

2. Eritrea became an independent nation in what year?

3. Where did Mawi's mother take him and his siblings to find their father in "Memories"?

4. What is the capital of Eritrea?

5. Where was Mawi's little brother conceived?

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