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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 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 Foot of Africa.
(b) The Horn of Africa.
(c) The Tongue of Africa.
(d) The Hand of Africa.

2. What country borders Eritrea to the south?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Djibouti.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Ethiopia.

3. In the Author's Note, he states that his true name was what?
(a) Selamawi Haileab Asgedom.
(b) Haileab Asgedom.
(c) Hntsa-Eyesus Selamawi.
(d) Haileab Hntsa-Eyesus Asgedom.

4. What was the name of Mawi's younger sister?
(a) Tsege.
(b) Kiros.
(c) Mehret.
(d) Mulu.

5. The transition to America was particularly difficult for Mawi's mother who thought that, by culture, she was not supposed to do what?
(a) Smile in public.
(b) Speak when visitors came.
(c) Take a seat.
(d) Answer the door.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What location did Mawi's father leave once the armies began coming too often?

3. 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?

4. Who found Mawi and his brother after they knocked down a parking meter?

5. 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?

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