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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Mawi's younger sister?
(a) Mulu.
(b) Kiros.
(c) Tsege.
(d) Mehret.

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

3. What was the name of the author's older brother?
(a) Haileab.
(b) Tewolde.
(c) Kiros.
(d) Tsege.

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

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

6. With what song would bullies serenade Mehret?
(a) "I Love You."
(b) "We Are the World."
(c) "Give Peace a Chance."
(d) "Bo Diddly."

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

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

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

10. What was the name of Mawi's father?
(a) Haileab.
(b) Tewolde.
(c) Kiros.
(d) Tsege.

11. 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) An address book.
(b) A pocket knife.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A wallet.

12. 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 piece of gum.
(d) A new shirt.

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

14. What was Mawi's father's homeland?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Eritria.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to disease and violence, Mawi's family also had to worry about _________ in "The Camp."

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

3. Eritrea became an independent nation in what year?

4. The author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.

5. During what years did Mawi's family remain living in the refugee camp in "The Camp"?

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