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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 animals does the author remember shrieking in the beginning of "Memories"?
(a) Bats.
(b) Lemurs.
(c) Lions.
(d) Hyenas.

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

3. 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?
(a) Street fighting.
(b) Mud wrestling.
(c) Martial arts.
(d) Kick boxing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What place did Mawi's father tell his family was the land of paradise in "The Camp"?

2. Mawi's father told his children that they should always treat _________________well because they could turn out to be angels.

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

4. According to Mawi's father, angels often appeared in what form?

5. In the Author's Note, he states that since he came to the United States, he became known by what name?

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