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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. What does the author say his high school teachers did in order to help him achieve success?
(a) Gave him money.
(b) Wrote letters to his parents.
(c) Bumped his grades up.
(d) Tutored him after school.

2. What is the name of the church that agreed to sponsor Mawi's family in "A New Life"?
(a) The First Methodist Church of Harlem.
(b) The Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
(c) The Christian Science Ministry.
(d) The Bethel Presbyterian Church.

3. 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.

4. What did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?
(a) A bank to rob.
(b) Housing and a job.
(c) His parents.
(d) His wife and children.

5. What did Mawi's family miss the most about their homeland in "A New Life"?
(a) The weather.
(b) The food.
(c) The language.
(d) The water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older was Tewolde than Mawi?

2. What did Mawi become during his senior year?

3. Which of the following sports was Mawi involved in during high school?

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

5. What was one of several topics to avoid talking about with their parents, according to the author in "Coffee Tales"?

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