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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was it when the author described giving a stranger his lunch at the library?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

2. What does "Libee Migbar" mean in English?
(a) "Developing heart."
(b) "Eagle vision."
(c) "Full stomach."
(d) "Howls like wolf."

3. Haileab surmised that if he went by himself to Sudan, the rebels would think he was just going to __________________.
(a) Donate money.
(b) Buy supplies.
(c) See the sights.
(d) See his family.

4. Haileab was unable to pass the test to get _______________.
(a) A pilots license.
(b) A job.
(c) A drivers license.
(d) A hunting license.

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

6. How was Tewolde killed in his senior year of high school?
(a) He was hit by a drunk driver.
(b) He was shot while jogging.
(c) He fell down a flight of stairs.
(d) He had a brain aneurysm.

7. What did Mawi realize his father had been at the end of "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) A professional athlete.
(b) A hero.
(c) A thief.
(d) A doctor.

8. What did Mawi become during his senior year?
(a) A chess champion.
(b) President of Student Government.
(c) Engaged.
(d) A football star.

9. What location did Mawi's father leave once the armies began coming too often?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Eritrea.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Djibouti.

10. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy from _______________.
(a) Asia.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Poland.
(d) South America.

11. What disease did Haileab develop in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) Multiple sclerosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Diabetes.

12. Mawi didn't have enough money for ___________, in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) Food and clothing.
(b) College application fees.
(c) A ticket to Africa.
(d) A new car.

13. Mawi's father was so helpful that the rebels wanted him to do what for them, as described in "Coffee Tales"?
(a) Be a captain.
(b) Be a healer.
(c) Be a soldier.
(d) Be a spy.

14. Used to wealth and prestige back in his homeland, Haileab found himself metamorphosed into what in America, according to the author in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A beetle.
(c) A rat.
(d) A slug.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mawi and Tewolde take their second job?

2. Haileab earned further education and became what as opposed to a full-fledged doctor?

3. Mawi's brother was killed during what holiday break?

4. Who died soon after Haileab's birth, as described in "The Making of a Man"?

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

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