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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mawi's older brother when his family departed across the desert as refugees in "Memories"?

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

3. When they were still in elementary school, Mawi's brother told him stories about five brothers from where?

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

5. What was the name of Mawi's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deferred Mawi's family from leaving for America in 1982 in "Coming to America"?

2. Where did Mawi's family live as refugees in "The Camp"? Where did his father work?

3. Who agreed to sponsor Mawi's family in "A New Life"? What did Mawi's family make of the sights of Chicago?

4. What stories does the author say his brother told him in "Playground Warfare"? What did he later realize about these stories?

5. How did the children in Mawi's new home perceive his family, as described in "Playground Warfare"? How did they treat them?

6. What symbolism is employed in describing Mawi's younger brother's birth in "A New Life"?

7. What did Mawi's parents believe about education, as described in "Playground Warfare"? Why?

8. What did Mawi's family learn about American culture through television in "A New Life"? What else did they do for entertainment?

9. How does the author describe the educational system and his interaction with other children in "The Camp"?

10. What did the strangers from Mawi's homeland bring to his family in "A New Life"? How did they help his mother?

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