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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Making of a Man - Eyeing the Mountaintop.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mawi's little brother who was born in "A New Life"?
(a) Hntsa-Eyesus.
(b) Jake.
(c) Haileab.
(d) Kiros.

2. For the first two weeks that Mawai's family lived in the United States, they shared a two bedroom hotel room in what city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

3. Where did Mawi's mother come from?
(a) Iran.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Eritria.
(d) Ethiopia.

4. Through television, Mawi's family discovered that Americans were very concerned with cleanliness and ___________.
(a) Gossip.
(b) Money.
(c) Religion.
(d) Looks.

5. Mawi and his brother remembered a story their father had told them about a boy who died for ___________________.
(a) Stealing.
(b) Jay walking.
(c) Not praying.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Mawi separated from his father while in Africa during his childhood?

2. What profession did Haileab have in Africa?

3. What disease had Mawi's father contracted in "A New Life"?

4. How old was Tewolde when the author describes him undergoing a personal transformation in "Libee Migbar"?

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

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