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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month was it when the author described giving a stranger his lunch at the library?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) October.
(d) January.

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

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

4. Why did Haileab's family have to relocate in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
(a) They couldn't afford increased rent.
(b) Their house burned down.
(c) Their house was demolished in a tornado.
(d) Mawi got a job in Seattle.

5. What refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation, and political power?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Minority.
(c) Caste.
(d) Majority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?

2. What did Haileab do with the debris after cleaning up his new neighborhood?

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

4. In what year was Haileab born?

5. Tewolde had a knack for what, according to the author in "Libee Migbar"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe his father's transformation in America in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

2. What did Mawi find in Tewolde's room after his death in "Libee Migbar"? What did this make him realize?

3. What did Mawi know not to discuss with his parents as a child? How did he and his brother learn about the past in "Coffee Tales"?

4. What correlation did the author find between Halloween and holidays from his homeland in "Days of Mischief"?

5. Where did Tewolde and Mawi take the weight bench in "Libee Migbar"? What discovery did Mawi make of his brother?

6. Who related stories of Haileab to Mawi in "The Unmaking of a Man"? What did Mawi realize about his father after hearing these stories?

7. How did Mawi's father come to work essentially as a doctor, as described in "The Making of a Man"?

8. What plan did Mawi and Tewolde develop on Halloween in "Days of Mischief"?

9. How does the author describe his brother's transformation in "Libee Migbar"?

10. What led to Tewolde developing his own business in "Libee Migbar"?

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