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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. What does the author describe his father having a fear of and the destructive power behind them in "A New Life"?
(a) Headlights.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Trains.

2. Eritrea and Ethiopia had fought a civil war until what year?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1985.

3. How old was Mawi's older brother when his family departed across the desert as refugees in "Memories"?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the woman who helped Mawi's family find a sponsor in the area in "A New Life"?

3. Where was Mawi's little brother conceived?

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

5. What country borders Eritrea to the west?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Mawi's family live as refugees in "The Camp"? Where did his father work?

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

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

7. How does Mawi describe his interactions with bullies in "The Camp"? Who came to his aid when he was attacked?

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

9. What symbolism is employed in describing Mawi's younger brother's birth in "A New Life"?

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

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