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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. Where did Haileab work as a janitor in America in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) An office building.
(b) A dentist's office.
(c) A sports stadium.
(d) The college.

2. Who found Mawi and his brother after they knocked down a parking meter?
(a) A policeman.
(b) Their father.
(c) The school principle.
(d) A nun.

3. What name refers to a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden?
(a) The Hand of Africa.
(b) The Foot of Africa.
(c) The Horn of Africa.
(d) The Tongue of Africa.

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

5. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy from _______________.
(a) Poland.
(b) South America.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mawi understood that he wanted to take responsibility for his family, and his way to do that was through what means?

2. For the first two weeks that Mawai's family lived in the United States, they shared a two bedroom hotel room in what city?

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

4. During what years did Mawi's family remain living in the refugee camp in "The Camp"?

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

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