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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 author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.
(a) Native food.
(b) Money.
(c) Native clothing.
(d) Extended visas.

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

3. Where did Mawi's mother take him and his siblings to find their father in "Memories"?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Ethiopia.

4. What was the name of the woman who helped Mawi's family find a sponsor in the area in "A New Life"?
(a) Beth.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Maude.
(d) Ruth.

5. What is the name of the church that agreed to sponsor Mawi's family in "A New Life"?
(a) The Bethel Presbyterian Church.
(b) The First Methodist Church of Harlem.
(c) The Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
(d) The Christian Science Ministry.

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. Mawi's parents stressed the importance of education, knowing that ____________ would be the only way they could afford college in "Playground Warfare."

3. 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"?

4. What was the name of Mawi's mother?

5. What country borders Eritrea to the south?

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