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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. Who died soon after Haileab's birth, as described in "The Making of a Man"?
(a) Haileab's brother.
(b) Haileab's sister.
(c) Haileab's mother.
(d) Haileab's father.

2. In "Eyeing the Mountaintop," Mawi realized that his family was unique and that not everybody looked for _______________.
(a) Devils.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Angels.

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

4. Used to wealth and prestige back in his homeland, Haileab found himself metamorphosed into what in America, according to the author in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A beetle.
(c) A rat.
(d) A slug.

5. Where did Mawi and his brother take a parking meter after knocking it down?
(a) To a church.
(b) To a cave.
(c) To a swamp.
(d) To a bridge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Haileab raised?

3. Mawi describes admiring and wanting to be like whom in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

4. Mawi and his brother remembered a story their father had told them about a boy who died for ___________________.

5. What is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Mawi's family evicted? What happened when they moved in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

2. What led to Tewolde developing his own business in "Libee Migbar"?

3. What did Mawi know not to discuss with his parents as a child? How did he and his brother learn about the past in "Coffee Tales"?

4. What did Mawi and his brother learn about their father's departure in "Coffee Tales"?

5. What led Mawi's mother to eventually leave for Sudan with her children, as revealed in "Coffee Tales"?

6. Who related stories of Haileab to Mawi in "The Unmaking of a Man"? What did Mawi realize about his father after hearing these stories?

7. How did Mawi's father come to work essentially as a doctor, as described in "The Making of a Man"?

8. Where did Tewolde and Mawi take the weight bench in "Libee Migbar"? What discovery did Mawi make of his brother?

9. What athletics was the author involved in during high school, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who helped him succeed?

10. How did Mawi attempt to take responsibility for his family, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

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