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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 refers to extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development?
(a) Street fighting.
(b) Martial arts.
(c) Mud wrestling.
(d) Kick boxing.

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Irony.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

4. Where did Mawi and Tewolde take their second job?
(a) A dog groomer.
(b) A cleaning service.
(c) A movie theatre.
(d) A restaurant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Author's Note, he states that his true name was what?

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

3. What is the name of Mawi's little brother who was born in "A New Life"?

4. What was the name of the bully who decided to go after Mawi's brother?

5. Mawi's father was so helpful that the rebels wanted him to do what for them, as described in "Coffee Tales"?

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