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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mawi ask the universities he applied to to waive in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

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

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

4. On what date was Mawi Asgedom born?

5. Mawi was a high honor roll student until he hit what level of school in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What faux pas did Haileab commit at the family's new residence in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mawi's father's sense of morality and the morality he instilled in his sons. Was the story told by Mawi's father about the boy stealing realistic for the time and place in which it occurred? What punishment did the boys face for their actions after stealing the parking meter? Why did they fear their father more than the police officer?

Essay Topic 2

Define and identify metaphor, simile and symbolism in the narrative. What symbolism did Haileab use to describe angels in "God's Angels"? Why did Haileab bring in the stranger to their home and shelter him? What does this symbolize? What did he give them in return and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the figure of Beth in the narrative. What were Mawi's impressions of Beth? How did she help the family adjust to the culture shock of America? In what way does Beth represent an "angel" thematically in the book?

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