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

2. For the first two weeks that Mawai's family lived in the United States, they shared a two bedroom hotel room in what city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

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

4. When they were still in elementary school, Mawi's brother told him stories about five brothers from where?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) China.
(c) Canada.
(d) India.

5. Eritrea has an extensive coastline along what body of water?
(a) The Red Sea.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) The Indian Ocean.
(d) The Dead Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. What country borders Eritrea to the south?

5. What was the name of the bully who decided to go after Mawi's brother?

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