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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 quickly became the favorite American holiday of Mawi and his siblings in "Days of Mischief"?
(a) The Fourth of July.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Flag Day.
(d) Easter.

2. What place did Mawi's father tell his family was the land of paradise in "The Camp"?
(a) Amerikha.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Sudan.
(d) South America.

3. The author describes a visit from two people from their country who brought the family ______________.
(a) Extended visas.
(b) Native clothing.
(c) Money.
(d) Native food.

4. Where did Mawi's family have a house before they left to become refugees in "Memories"?
(a) Adi Wahla, Ethiopia.
(b) Kano, Nigeria.
(c) Lagos, Nigeria.
(d) Gonder, Ethiopia.

5. What did the stranger bribe Mawi's older brother with in order to convince him to leave his homeland in "Memories"?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) A twenty dollar bill.
(c) A new shirt.
(d) A piece of gum.

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. Where did Mawi and Tewolde take their second job?

3. What was the name of the woman who would take the children to the college to play soccer and play on the playground in "God's Angels"?

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

5. What country borders Eritrea to the west?

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