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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suggested that Mawi apply to an Ivy League college?
(a) His best friend.
(b) The school janitor.
(c) His school counselor.
(d) His mother.

2. What is the name of the individual who believed in Mawi and appreciated his dedication to track?
(a) Tsege.
(b) Kroger.
(c) Charlene.
(d) Jake.

3. Mawi didn't have enough money for ___________, in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) A ticket to Africa.
(b) Food and clothing.
(c) A new car.
(d) College application fees.

4. Mawi's brother was killed during what holiday break?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Summer break.

5. Haileab earned further education and became what as opposed to a full-fledged doctor?
(a) An MRI technician.
(b) A phlebotomy technician.
(c) An advanced dresser.
(d) An X-Ray technician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States?

2. How long was it after the library incident that a friend was giving away a weight bench in "Libee Migbar"?

3. In "Days of Mischief," what did the villagers of Sudan build for the annual celebration?

4. What did Haileab do with the debris after cleaning up his new neighborhood?

5. What year was it when the author described giving a stranger his lunch at the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. What did Mawi and his brother learn about their father's departure in "Coffee Tales"?

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

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

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

7. How does the author describe his father's transformation in America in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

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

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