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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Days of Mischief - Coffee Tales.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Mawi's half-sister who joined his family in immigrating to America?
(a) Mulu.
(b) Tsege.
(c) Mehret.
(d) Hntsa-Eyesus.

2. What did the stranger bribe Mawi's older brother with in order to convince him to leave his homeland in "Memories"?
(a) A twenty dollar bill.
(b) A bottle of whiskey.
(c) A new shirt.
(d) A piece of gum.

3. 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"?
(a) A pocket knife.
(b) A wallet.
(c) An address book.
(d) A pocket watch.

4. What country borders Eritrea to the southeast?
(a) Djibouti.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Nigeria.

5. In his native language, the author's true name means ___________________.
(a) "The strength to swim upstream."
(b) "Peaceful power from above to make others kneel before him."
(c) "Light of dawn."
(d) "Celestial wizard."

Short Answer Questions

1. Eritrea became an independent nation in what year?

2. 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?

3. Mawi and his brother remembered a story their father had told them about a boy who died for ___________________.

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

5. Who found Mawi and his brother after they knocked down a parking meter?

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