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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. In "Days of Mischief," what did the villagers of Sudan build for the annual celebration?
(a) A huge bonfire.
(b) A sacrificial altar.
(c) A great pyramid.
(d) A temple.

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

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

4. What would Haileab read at the events where hundreds of refugees would gather together in reception hall?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Soccer scores.
(c) Poetry.
(d) The Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sports was Mawi involved in during high school?

2. 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"?

3. What year was it when the author described giving a stranger his lunch at the library?

4. What did the track coach purchase for Mawi during the four years he was on the track team?

5. Where did Mawi's father work while they were refugees awaiting immigration to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mawi realize about his family in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who did he hope to become like?

2. How does the author describe his father's transformation in America in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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. Where did Haileab find control in his life, according to the author in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

5. What did Mawi find in Tewolde's room after his death in "Libee Migbar"? What did this make him realize?

6. How did Mawi and his brother almost get arrested in "Days of Mischief"? What words of their father did they recall?

7. How does the author describe his brother's transformation in "Libee Migbar"?

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

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

10. What led to Mawi's father leaving alone for Sudan, as related in "The Making of a Man"?

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