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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Haileab was unable to pass the test to get _______________.
(a) A pilots license.
(b) A job.
(c) A hunting license.
(d) A drivers license.

2. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy that his brother had ______________.
(a) Sent candy to.
(b) Gotten a wife for.
(c) Sponsored.
(d) Sent to China.

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

4. The man that Tewolde took the weight bench to in "Libee Migbar" was the same man from where?
(a) The library.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The bank.
(d) The church.

5. What did the track coach purchase for Mawi during the four years he was on the track team?
(a) Shorts.
(b) Running shoes.
(c) Jerseys.
(d) Cigarettes.

6. How long was it after the library incident that a friend was giving away a weight bench in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) A year.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Ten days.

7. How old was Tewolde when he started his own business?
(a) 29.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 33.

8. Whom did Tewolde ask to help him transport a weight bench?
(a) Mehret.
(b) Haileab.
(c) Kroger.
(d) Mawi.

9. What forced Haileab into unemployment in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) A knee injury.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Vision loss.
(d) He got fired.

10. In what year was Haileab born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1909.

11. How old was Tewolde when the author describes him undergoing a personal transformation in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

12. What profession did Haileab have in Africa?
(a) Food vendor.
(b) Cook.
(c) Banker.
(d) Healer.

13. What was one of several topics to avoid talking about with their parents, according to the author in "Coffee Tales"?
(a) Africa.
(b) Sex.
(c) Politics.
(d) Money.

14. What did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?
(a) A bank to rob.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) His parents.
(d) Housing and a job.

15. What refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation, and political power?
(a) Minority.
(b) Caste.
(c) Clergy.
(d) Majority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mawi become during his senior year?

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

3. In "Days of Mischief," what did the villagers of Sudan build for the annual celebration?

4. In what country was Mawi born?

5. What word means to listen secretly to a private conversation?

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