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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mawi and his brother remembered a story their father had told them about a boy who died for ___________________.
(a) Stealing.
(b) Murder.
(c) Not praying.
(d) Jay walking.

2. Mawi's brother was killed during what holiday break?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Summer break.

3. What is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East?
(a) The Roman Orthodox Church.
(b) The Roman Catholic Church.
(c) The Orthodox Church of the Nazarene.
(d) The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

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

5. Mawi and his brother almost died from __________________ when they were sent away from their mother.
(a) A lion.
(b) A snake.
(c) A flash flood.
(d) A sandstorm.

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

7. Who died soon after Haileab's birth, as described in "The Making of a Man"?
(a) Haileab's father.
(b) Haileab's sister.
(c) Haileab's brother.
(d) Haileab's mother.

8. What library did Mawi and his brother often go to in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) The Wheaton Public Library.
(b) The Philadelphia Public Library.
(c) The Harvard Library.
(d) The Boston Public Library.

9. Whom did Tewolde ask to help him transport a weight bench?
(a) Kroger.
(b) Mawi.
(c) Mehret.
(d) Haileab.

10. What refers to an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States?
(a) The Ivy League.
(b) The big 10.
(c) The upper league.
(d) The PAC 10.

11. Tewolde had a knack for what, according to the author in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) Getting things for free.
(b) Playing the guitar.
(c) Picking up girls.
(d) Playing skip-rope.

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

13. What does the author say his high school teachers did in order to help him achieve success?
(a) Gave him money.
(b) Wrote letters to his parents.
(c) Bumped his grades up.
(d) Tutored him after school.

14. When Haileab left his family, he did so because he knew that if they traveled with him, they would be ____________.
(a) Acclimated.
(b) Considered heroes.
(c) Intercepted.
(d) Robbed.

15. Mawi was a high honor roll student until he hit what level of school in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) High school.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Middle school.
(d) College.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Mawi Asgedom born?

2. Where did Mawi and his brother take a parking meter after knocking it down?

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

4. Tewolde wanted to clean windows at what building?

5. What does "Libee Migbar" mean in English?

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