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

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

3. To make ends meet, Mawi's family found ____________ in "A New Life."
(a) A renter for the upstairs.
(b) An energy efficient car.
(c) A job for Mawi.
(d) A smaller apartment.

4. 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 Ethiopian liberation movement.
(d) The Liberian liberation movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country borders Eritrea to the west?

2. When the principal sent home a note saying that the boys might be expelled, what did Mawi's father tell them to do?

3. Mawi's parents stressed the importance of education, knowing that ____________ would be the only way they could afford college in "Playground Warfare."

4. What disease had Mawi's father contracted in "A New Life"?

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

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