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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Making of a Man - Eyeing the Mountaintop.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Irony.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

2. What would Mawi's father do whenever the armies approached?
(a) Go into hiding.
(b) Insult them.
(c) Throw water at them.
(d) Tell them to go away.

3. What did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?
(a) His wife and children.
(b) A bank to rob.
(c) His parents.
(d) Housing and a job.

4. Where was Mawi's little brother conceived?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Eritrea.
(c) Sudan.
(d) China.

5. Where did Mawi's father work while they were refugees awaiting immigration to America?
(a) The Presbyterian Ministry.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The Swedish Ministry clinic.
(d) The United Nations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Haileab raised?

2. What quickly became the favorite American holiday of Mawi and his siblings in "Days of Mischief"?

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

4. How far did Mawi run to get to athletic practices at the school?

5. What refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation, and political power?

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