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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. Where did Mawi's mother send her sons for safekeeping when the armies came close to their home in "Coffee Tales"?

3. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy that his brother had ______________.

4. Where did Mawi and his brother take a parking meter after knocking it down?

5. What is the name of the individual who believed in Mawi and appreciated his dedication to track?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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"?

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

7. How did Mawi's father come to work essentially as a doctor, as described in "The Making of a Man"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the political atmosphere of Sudan in the early 1980s. How many rebel groups were there, and what were their objectives? Also discuss Haileab's vision of America. How correct were Haileab's perceptions of the United States? Who warned him against immigrating?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the English meaning of "Libee Migbar" and the actions of Tewolde in the chapter by the same name. How does the author describe Tewolde's transformation? How is this illustrated through Tewolde's actions? What caused Tewolde to change in "Libee Migbar"?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the settings of Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois. How do the settings of Chicago and Wheaton differ? What were the author's first impressions of each? In what year did Mawi's family arrive? How much English did the members of the family speak?

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