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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. Mawi describes admiring and wanting to be like whom in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) Mehret.
(b) Tewolde.
(c) Kiros.
(d) Tsege.

2. What was the name of the woman who helped Mawi's family find a sponsor in the area in "A New Life"?
(a) Maude.
(b) Beth.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Sarah.

3. The author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.
(a) Extended visas.
(b) Native clothing.
(c) Native food.
(d) Money.

4. Where did Mawi's mother come from?
(a) Iran.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Eritria.
(d) Ethiopia.

5. Used to wealth and prestige back in his homeland, Haileab found himself metamorphosed into what in America, according to the author in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) A slug.
(b) A rat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A beetle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East?

2. What did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?

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

4. How was Tewolde killed in his senior year of high school?

5. What did the track coach purchase for Mawi during the four years he was on the track team?

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