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Vocabulary
Characters & Plot
Characters and Plot
Characters & Plot
Miscellaneous
100
Someone who assumes responsibility for another person or group.
What is a sponsor?
100
The American city where the Asgedom family settled.
What is Wheaton?
100
The brothers gave their sandwiches to this person at the Wheaton Public Library?
What is a cold and hungry stranger?
100
Mawi received a full scholarship to this university.
What is Harvard University?
100
Haileab did this after raking all the leaves at the neighborhood park.
What is burned the leaves?
200
An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating and caused from a mosquito bite.
What is malaria?
200
What the family had to do in order to avoid being evicted from their home.
What is rent out the second floor of their house?
200
This person bought track shoes and equipment for Mawi.
Who is Jim Martin?
200
This person encouraged Mawi to apply to any school he wanted
Who is Mrs. Martin, his guidance counselor?
200
This is a surprise or unexpected turn of events in a story.
What is irony?
300
To make a slow journey
What is trek?
300
He had a switchblade and wanted to beat up Tewolde.
Who is Jake Evans?
300
Mawi and Tewolde graduated from this program and entered regular classes at their elementary school.
What is English as a Second Language?
300
This is how Tewolde was killed.
What is hit by a drunk driver heading the wrong way?
300
This is Mawi's half-sister who migrated with him and his family to the United States.
Who is Mulu?
400
A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage
What is a famine?
400
Haileab called this the "mouthpiece of America."
What is the television?
400
This is where Haileab learned to read.
What is the monastery?
400
Haileab got a job as this when he came to the United States?
What is a janitor?
400
Mawi and his family fled their village in Ethiopia and had to spend time at this type of place.
What is a refugee camp (Sudanese)?
500
Horrified or shocked
What is appalled?
500
The boys committed this illegal act.
What is steal a parking meter?
500
Tsege sewed this into her clothes to keep it safe.
What is money?
500
Haileab had to quit his job because of this.
What is his eyesight started to fail?
500
These are hints or clues given by the author about something that is going to happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?