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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. Mawi was a high honor roll student until he hit what level of school in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) High school.
(c) Middle school.
(d) College.

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

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

4. When Haileab left his family, he did so because he knew that if they traveled with him, they would be ____________.
(a) Intercepted.
(b) Considered heroes.
(c) Acclimated.
(d) Robbed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mawi didn't have enough money for ___________, in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

2. What did Haileab do with the debris after cleaning up his new neighborhood?

3. How old was Tewolde when he started his own business?

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

5. Whom did Tewolde ask to help him transport a weight bench?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Tewolde acquire a weight bench in "Libee Migbar"? Whom did he ask to help transport it?

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

5. What plan did Mawi and Tewolde develop on Halloween in "Days of Mischief"?

6. Where does Mawi describe his father reciting poetry in "The Unmaking of a Man"? What did he think of the poetry?

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

8. What correlation did the author find between Halloween and holidays from his homeland in "Days of Mischief"?

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

10. 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"?

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