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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. 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 beetle.
(b) A slug.
(c) A rat.
(d) A snake.

2. What disease did Haileab develop in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

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

4. What forced Haileab into unemployment in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) He got fired.
(c) Vision loss.
(d) A knee injury.

5. Tewolde had a knack for what, according to the author in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) Playing the guitar.
(b) Playing skip-rope.
(c) Getting things for free.
(d) Picking up girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tewolde wanted to clean windows at what building?

2. What would Mawi's father do whenever the armies approached?

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

4. Haileab earned further education and became what as opposed to a full-fledged doctor?

5. Mawi and his brother almost died from __________________ when they were sent away from their mother.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led to Mawi's father leaving alone for Sudan, as related in "The Making of a Man"?

3. Why was Mawi's family evicted? What happened when they moved in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

6. How did Mawi and his brother almost get arrested in "Days of Mischief"? What words of their father did they recall?

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

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

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

10. How did Mawi attempt to take responsibility for his family, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

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