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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. At what nearby college did Mawi use the sports facilities to exercise growing up?
(a) Northwestern.
(b) Wheaton College.
(c) Loyola.
(d) College of DuPage.

2. In "Eyeing the Mountaintop," Mawi realized that his family was unique and that not everybody looked for _______________.
(a) Love.
(b) Devils.
(c) Money.
(d) Angels.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say his high school teachers did in order to help him achieve success?

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

3. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy that his brother had ______________.

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. A teacher helped Tewolde start his own business by teaching him how to ________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What led to Mawi's father leaving alone for Sudan, as related in "The Making of a Man"?

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

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

6. What athletics was the author involved in during high school, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who helped him succeed?

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

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

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

10. What did Tewolde hope to accomplish with his business in "Libee Migbar"? What happened instead?

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