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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. Mawi's parents stressed the importance of education, knowing that ____________ would be the only way they could afford college in "Playground Warfare."
(a) Church donations.
(b) Sponsors.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Scholarships.

2. What was the name of Mawi's father?
(a) Tewolde.
(b) Haileab.
(c) Kiros.
(d) Tsege.

3. Where did Mawi's mother come from?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Iran.
(d) Eritria.

4. How long was it after the library incident that a friend was giving away a weight bench in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Ten days.
(c) A year.
(d) Seven months.

5. Mawi describes admiring and wanting to be like whom in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) Tsege.
(b) Kiros.
(c) Mehret.
(d) Tewolde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States?

2. The transition to America was particularly difficult for Mawi's mother who thought that, by culture, she was not supposed to do what?

3. Eritrea became an independent nation in what year?

4. What is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East?

5. What does the author remember playing soccer with in his homeland in "Memories"?

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