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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mawi's brother was about to be attacked by a bully with a switchblade in "Playground Warfare," a van appeared carrying how many large black men?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 14.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

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

6. Eritrea became an independent nation in what year?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1991.

7. Where did Mawi's family have a house before they left to become refugees in "Memories"?
(a) Kano, Nigeria.
(b) Lagos, Nigeria.
(c) Adi Wahla, Ethiopia.
(d) Gonder, Ethiopia.

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

9. What did the stranger bribe Mawi's older brother with in order to convince him to leave his homeland in "Memories"?
(a) A new shirt.
(b) A twenty dollar bill.
(c) A bottle of whiskey.
(d) A piece of gum.

10. Mawi's parents stressed the importance of education, knowing that ____________ would be the only way they could afford college in "Playground Warfare."
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Scholarships.
(c) Church donations.
(d) Sponsors.

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

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

13. What place did Mawi's father tell his family was the land of paradise in "The Camp"?
(a) Amerikha.
(b) Sudan.
(c) South America.
(d) Egypt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mawi's little brother who was born in "A New Life"?

2. What Christian organization helped Mawi's family in immigrating in "Coming to America"?

3. How many stories was the house that Mawi's family moved into in "A New Life"?

4. Eventually, Mawi started making friends through what game in "Playground Warfare"?

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

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