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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. When the principal sent home a note saying that the boys might be expelled, what did Mawi's father tell them to do?
(a) Get jobs.
(b) Not retaliate.
(c) Throw rocks.
(d) Play sports.

2. Mawi's father was so helpful that the rebels wanted him to do what for them, as described in "Coffee Tales"?
(a) Be a healer.
(b) Be a captain.
(c) Be a soldier.
(d) Be a spy.

3. What did Haileab do with the debris after cleaning up his new neighborhood?
(a) Put it in the trash.
(b) Dumped it in the river.
(c) Took it to the landfill.
(d) Burned it.

4. Mawi didn't have enough money for ___________, in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) Food and clothing.
(b) A new car.
(c) A ticket to Africa.
(d) College application fees.

5. How was Tewolde killed in his senior year of high school?
(a) He was shot while jogging.
(b) He had a brain aneurysm.
(c) He was hit by a drunk driver.
(d) He fell down a flight of stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mawi's father took in a homeless man and helped him. What did the man give him in return when he departed in "God's Angels"?

2. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy from _______________.

3. How far did Mawi run to get to athletic practices at the school?

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

5. Haileab earned further education and became what as opposed to a full-fledged doctor?

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