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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 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 Foot of Africa.
(c) The Tongue of Africa.
(d) The Horn of Africa.

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

3. The transition to America was particularly difficult for Mawi's mother who thought that, by culture, she was not supposed to do what?
(a) Answer the door.
(b) Smile in public.
(c) Speak when visitors came.
(d) Take a seat.

4. How much older was Tewolde than Mawi?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 11 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who met Mawi's family at the airport upon their arrival in the United States in "A New Life"?

2. When a bully came after Mawi and pressed them into a fence, who came to his aid?

3. Where did Mawi's family have a house before they left to become refugees in "Memories"?

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

5. Where was Mawi's little brother conceived?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What memories does the author describe of his childhood home in "Memories"? What does he question about the memories?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What incident does Mawi describe of being bullied terribly in "Playground Warfare"? Who saved him?

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

10. 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?

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