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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. The man that Tewolde took the weight bench to in "Libee Migbar" was the same man from where?
(a) The church.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The bank.
(d) The library.

2. Who offered Mawi a full-tuition scholarship?
(a) The University of Michigan.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Wayne State University.

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

4. What did the track coach purchase for Mawi during the four years he was on the track team?
(a) Shorts.
(b) Jerseys.
(c) Running shoes.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. Haileab decided to help the neighbors by cleaning up their leaves and getting garbage out of __________________.
(a) A ditch.
(b) The creek.
(c) A storm drain.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. In what year was Haileab born?

3. What is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea?

4. Mawi didn't have enough money for ___________, in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

5. Who suggested that Mawi apply to an Ivy League college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Mawi realize about his family in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who did he hope to become like?

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

4. What did Mawi and his siblings learn about their father's birth and early life in "The Making of a Man"?

5. How did Tewolde acquire a weight bench in "Libee Migbar"? Whom did he ask to help transport it?

6. What led Mawi's mother to eventually leave for Sudan with her children, as revealed in "Coffee Tales"?

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

8. What faux pas did Haileab commit at the family's new residence in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

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