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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 was the name of Mawi's mother?
(a) Haileab.
(b) Mehret.
(c) Mulu.
(d) Tsege.

2. Mawi's father took in a homeless man and helped him. What did the man give him in return when he departed in "God's Angels"?
(a) An address book.
(b) A pocket knife.
(c) A pocket watch.
(d) A wallet.

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"?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Charlene.
(c) Beth.
(d) Sarah.

4. In "Eyeing the Mountaintop," Mawi realized that his family was unique and that not everybody looked for _______________.
(a) Devils.
(b) Money.
(c) Angels.
(d) Love.

5. Mawi's family was first cleared to go to the United States in what year?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Mawi's father take upon moving to the United States?

2. How old was Tewolde when the author describes him undergoing a personal transformation in "Libee Migbar"?

3. What disease did Haileab develop in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

4. When Mawi's brother was about to be attacked by a bully with a switchblade in "Playground Warfare," a van appeared carrying how many large black men?

5. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

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