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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 understood that he wanted to take responsibility for his family, and his way to do that was through what means?

3. What did Mawi become during his senior year?

4. Mawi's brother was killed during what holiday break?

5. In what country was Mawi born?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

2. What did Tewolde hope to accomplish with his business in "Libee Migbar"? What happened instead?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Mawi and his siblings learn about their father's birth and early life in "The Making of a Man"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and analyze foreshadowing in "A New Life," and discuss the impressions of American culture gained by Mawi's family through television and tours. What did Mawi's father think of the television? Why? How did television shape the way Mawi's parents instructed their children to act in public?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the correlations between food and culture. How is local cuisine relative to an individual's cultural identity? What did obtaining their native foods mean for Mawi's family? How does the relationship between food and culture differ within different communities and regions?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Haileab's life and career in Ethiopia. What caused the rebel forces to want Haileab's assistance in their fight? Why did he refuse? Discuss the decisions and actions made by Haileab in leaving for Sudan. How did the author's mother feel about her husband's dangerous departure?

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