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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. When Haileab left his family, he did so because he knew that if they traveled with him, they would be ____________.

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

3. What did Haileab regularly have his children get up and do in the mornings?

4. What forced Haileab into unemployment in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

5. Mawi and his brother almost died from __________________ when they were sent away from their mother.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the impact of Tewolde's death on the narrator. How was Tewolde killed? What foreshadowing refers to this incident early in the narrative? How does Mawi describe the aftermath of the accident? How was Tewolde remembered at his funeral?

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 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?

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