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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would Haileab read at the events where hundreds of refugees would gather together in reception hall?
(a) Poetry.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) Soccer scores.
(d) The Bible.

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

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

5. What word means to listen secretly to a private conversation?
(a) Overcede.
(b) Succumb.
(c) Eavesdrop.
(d) Intercept.

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

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

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

9. On what date was Mawi Asgedom born?
(a) June 26, 1980.
(b) May 14, 1977.
(c) October 3, 1982.
(d) September 29, 1976.

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

11. 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 beetle.
(b) A snake.
(c) A rat.
(d) A slug.

12. How old was Tewolde when the author describes him undergoing a personal transformation in "Libee Migbar"?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 16.

13. What did Haileab regularly have his children get up and do in the mornings?
(a) Wash the car.
(b) Play Scrabble.
(c) Pray.
(d) Exercises.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Eyeing the Mountaintop," Mawi realized that his family was unique and that not everybody looked for _______________.

3. What forced Haileab into unemployment in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

4. Whom did Tewolde ask to help him transport a weight bench?

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

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