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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Haileab left his family, he did so because he knew that if they traveled with him, they would be ____________.

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

3. What job did Mawi and Tewolde do first in order to make money in "Libee Migbar"?

4. What is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea?

5. What did Mawi realize his father had been at the end of "The Unmaking of a Man"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led Mawi's mother to eventually leave for Sudan with her children, as revealed in "Coffee Tales"?

2. What led to Tewolde developing his own business in "Libee Migbar"?

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

4. How did Tewolde acquire a weight bench in "Libee Migbar"? Whom did he ask to help transport it?

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

6. What correlation did the author find between Halloween and holidays from his homeland in "Days of Mischief"?

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

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

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

10. What athletics was the author involved in during high school, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who helped him succeed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the settings of Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois. How do the settings of Chicago and Wheaton differ? What were the author's first impressions of each? In what year did Mawi's family arrive? How much English did the members of the family speak?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the correlations between American and East African culture and holidays and Mawi's first impressions of Halloween. What Sudanese holiday does the author describe in "Days of Mischief"? What about Halloween attracted him and his siblings?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Haileab's transformation in the U.S. Why was Haileab no longer qualified to work in medicine? What led to his unemployment? What health problems did Haileab develop? Also discuss the symbolism of beetles in the narrative. How does the beetle symbolize Haileab in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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