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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Mawi's father take upon moving to the United States?
(a) Cook.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Janitor.

2. Eventually, Mawi started making friends through what game in "Playground Warfare"?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Hockey.

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

4. What is the name of Mawi's little brother who was born in "A New Life"?
(a) Kiros.
(b) Hntsa-Eyesus.
(c) Haileab.
(d) Jake.

5. When the principal sent home a note saying that the boys might be expelled, what did Mawi's father tell them to do?
(a) Get jobs.
(b) Play sports.
(c) Not retaliate.
(d) Throw rocks.

6. Where was Mawi's little brother conceived?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Eritrea.
(c) China.
(d) Sudan.

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

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

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

10. What Christian organization helped Mawi's family in immigrating in "Coming to America"?
(a) World Relief.
(b) Christian Life Organization.
(c) Doctors Without Borders.
(d) The Red Cross.

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

12. What was the name of Mawi's mother?
(a) Haileab.
(b) Mehret.
(c) Mulu.
(d) Tsege.

13. What is the capital of Eritrea?
(a) Asmara.
(b) Adi Wahla.
(c) Awad.
(d) Djibouti.

14. Mawi recalls how his father was known for his skills at what in "The Camp"?
(a) Painting.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Violin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For the first two weeks that Mawai's family lived in the United States, they shared a two bedroom hotel room in what city?

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

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. Along with their small gardens and healthcare from the Swedish Ministry, on what did Mawi's family survive in "The Camp"?

5. In their leisure time, Mawi and his brother would go hunting with what?

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