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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A New Life - Playground Warfare.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Along with their small gardens and healthcare from the Swedish Ministry, on what did Mawi's family survive in "The Camp"?
(a) United Nations rations.
(b) Migratory birds.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Trapped rats.

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

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

5. The author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.
(a) Extended visas.
(b) Money.
(c) Native clothing.
(d) Native food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mawi's younger sister?

2. Eritrea and Ethiopia had fought a civil war until what year?

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

4. What was the name of Mawi's mother?

5. What would bullies draw over Mehret's locker in "Playground Warfare"?

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