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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of several topics to avoid talking about with their parents, according to the author in "Coffee Tales"?
(a) Sex.
(b) Africa.
(c) Money.
(d) Politics.

2. What did the track coach purchase for Mawi during the four years he was on the track team?
(a) Jerseys.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Running shoes.

3. When Haileab left his family, he did so because he knew that if they traveled with him, they would be ____________.
(a) Acclimated.
(b) Considered heroes.
(c) Robbed.
(d) Intercepted.

4. Haileab was unable to pass the test to get _______________.
(a) A job.
(b) A pilots license.
(c) A drivers license.
(d) A hunting license.

5. What month was it when the author described giving a stranger his lunch at the library?
(a) January.
(b) October.
(c) March.
(d) July.

6. 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 beetle.
(c) A rat.
(d) A snake.

7. Who died soon after Haileab's birth, as described in "The Making of a Man"?
(a) Haileab's sister.
(b) Haileab's mother.
(c) Haileab's father.
(d) Haileab's brother.

8. What did Haileab regularly have his children get up and do in the mornings?
(a) Play Scrabble.
(b) Wash the car.
(c) Exercises.
(d) Pray.

9. Where did Mawi's mother send her sons for safekeeping when the armies came close to their home in "Coffee Tales"?
(a) Her brother's home.
(b) Her father's home.
(c) Her cousin's home.
(d) Her sister's home.

10. Why did Haileab's family have to relocate in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) Their house burned down.
(b) Their house was demolished in a tornado.
(c) They couldn't afford increased rent.
(d) Mawi got a job in Seattle.

11. What word means to listen secretly to a private conversation?
(a) Succumb.
(b) Intercept.
(c) Eavesdrop.
(d) Overcede.

12. How old was Tewolde when the author describes him undergoing a personal transformation in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 16.
(d) 7.

13. Whom did Tewolde ask to help him transport a weight bench?
(a) Haileab.
(b) Mawi.
(c) Kroger.
(d) Mehret.

14. The man that Tewolde took the weight bench to in "Libee Migbar" was the same man from where?
(a) The library.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The church.
(d) The bank.

15. What is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Djibouti.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Mawi was a high honor roll student until he hit what level of school in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

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

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