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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they were still in elementary school, Mawi's brother told him stories about five brothers from where?
(a) China.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) India.
(d) Canada.

2. In addition to disease and violence, Mawi's family also had to worry about _________ in "The Camp."
(a) Large predatory animals.
(b) The Inited Nations.
(c) The Egytian military.
(d) Sudanese rebel groups.

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

4. When a bully came after Mawi and pressed them into a fence, who came to his aid?
(a) Tewolde.
(b) Kiros.
(c) Haileab.
(d) Mehret.

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

6. What city did Mawi's family find across the border to be filled with disease and refugees in "Memories"?
(a) Adi Wahla.
(b) Asmara.
(c) Umsagata.
(d) Awad.

7. 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 Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
(c) The First Methodist Church of Harlem.
(d) The Christian Science Ministry.

8. 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) Mud wrestling.
(b) Street fighting.
(c) Martial arts.
(d) Kick boxing.

9. Through television, Mawi's family discovered that Americans were very concerned with cleanliness and ___________.
(a) Gossip.
(b) Religion.
(c) Money.
(d) Looks.

10. What did Mawi's family miss the most about their homeland in "A New Life"?
(a) The food.
(b) The water.
(c) The language.
(d) The weather.

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

12. Where did Mawi's mother come from?
(a) Iran.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Eritria.
(d) Ethiopia.

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

14. Mawi's family was first cleared to go to the United States in what year?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1982.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the woman who would take the children to the college to play soccer and play on the playground in "God's Angels"?

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"?

4. What upper middle class community did Mawi's family move to upon finding a sponsor in "A New Life"?

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

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