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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 is the name of the individual who believed in Mawi and appreciated his dedication to track?
(a) Kroger.
(b) Jake.
(c) Tsege.
(d) Charlene.

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

3. Where did Mawi and Tewolde take their second job?
(a) A movie theatre.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A cleaning service.
(d) A dog groomer.

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

5. What would Mawi's father do whenever the armies approached?
(a) Go into hiding.
(b) Throw water at them.
(c) Insult them.
(d) Tell them to go away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it when the author described giving a stranger his lunch at the library?

2. Who found Mawi and his brother after they knocked down a parking meter?

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

4. 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"?

5. Why did Haileab's family have to relocate in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Mawi and his brother almost get arrested in "Days of Mischief"? What words of their father did they recall?

4. Where does Mawi describe his father reciting poetry in "The Unmaking of a Man"? What did he think of the poetry?

5. What did Mawi and his brother learn about their father's departure in "Coffee Tales"?

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

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

8. 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"?

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

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

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