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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mawi's brother was about to be attacked by a bully with a switchblade in "Playground Warfare," a van appeared carrying how many large black men?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 14.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

5. 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"?
(a) The Sudanese Republican Army.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The Liberian liberation movement.
(d) The Ethiopian liberation movement.

6. How much older was Tewolde than Mawi?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 4 years.

7. What was the name of the bully who decided to go after Mawi's brother?
(a) Jake Evans.
(b) Mike Thompson.
(c) Bobby Smith.
(d) Roger Botwin.

8. Mawi's little brother was given a name which meant ___________ in English.
(a) "Gift from God."
(b) "Little lion."
(c) "Constant focus."
(d) "Thank you."

9. 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"?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Charlene.
(c) Beth.
(d) Sarah.

10. What upper middle class community did Mawi's family move to upon finding a sponsor in "A New Life"?
(a) Wheaton.
(b) Downers Grove.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Naperville.

11. Eritrea and Ethiopia had fought a civil war until what year?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1985.

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

13. 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.

14. Mawi's father told his children that they should always treat _________________well because they could turn out to be angels.
(a) Strangers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Africans.
(d) Dogs.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stories was the house that Mawi's family moved into in "A New Life"?

2. Mawi recalls how his father was known for his skills at what in "The Camp"?

3. Mawi's family was first cleared to go to the United States in what year?

4. What was the name of the woman who helped Mawi's family find a sponsor in the area in "A New Life"?

5. Where did Mawi's family have a house before they left to become refugees in "Memories"?

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