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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. After reuniting with his father, Mawi and his family found safety at a refugee camp in ___________.
(a) Awad.
(b) Adi Wahla.
(c) Umsagata.
(d) Asmara.

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

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

4. What is the name of the church that agreed to sponsor Mawi's family in "A New Life"?
(a) The First Methodist Church of Harlem.
(b) The Bethel Presbyterian Church.
(c) The Christian Science Ministry.
(d) The Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mawi's half-sister who joined his family in immigrating to America?

2. Before a family could immigrate to the United States, they needed to do what in "Coming to America"?

3. What city did Mawi's family find across the border to be filled with disease and refugees in "Memories"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mawi's father teach his children about strangers in "God's Angels"?

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

3. How does the author describe his origins in the Author's Note? What is the political history of this region?

4. With whom did Mawi travel across the desert in "Memories"? Where were they going? How old was Mawi?

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

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

7. What example of foreshadowing does the author employ in "A New Life"? What did the family learn about American culture in this chapter?

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

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

10. Who led the author's family across the desert in "Memories"? How is she described?

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