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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. Mawi recalls how his father was known for his skills at what in "The Camp"?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Painting.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Violin.

2. What refers to extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development?
(a) Kick boxing.
(b) Street fighting.
(c) Mud wrestling.
(d) Martial arts.

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

4. When a bully came after Mawi and pressed them into a fence, who came to his aid?
(a) Mehret.
(b) Tewolde.
(c) Kiros.
(d) Haileab.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the woman who would take the children to the college to play soccer and play on the playground in "God's Angels"?

2. How much older was Tewolde than Mawi?

3. 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"?

4. Frank and Mbago were brothers from _______________.

5. What country borders Eritrea to the south?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the educational system and his interaction with other children in "The Camp"?

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

3. Where did Mawi's family stay upon their arrival in the U.S. in "A New Life"? Who met and helped them at the airport?

4. What deferred Mawi's family from leaving for America in 1982 in "Coming to America"?

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

6. How does the author describe his origins in the Author's Note? What is the political history of this region?

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

8. What woman helped Mawi's family find a sponsor in "A New Life"? How did the family adjust to the culture shock of the new country?

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

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

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