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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. Tewolde wanted to clean windows at what building?
(a) The church.
(b) The candy store.
(c) The library.
(d) The hospital.

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

3. A teacher helped Tewolde start his own business by teaching him how to ________________.
(a) Focus on one thing.
(b) His taxes.
(c) Market himself.
(d) Use logic.

4. Which of the following sports was Mawi involved in during high school?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Football.
(d) Basketball.

5. Mawi understood that he wanted to take responsibility for his family, and his way to do that was through what means?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Athletic success.
(c) Marrying into wealth.
(d) Academic success.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the track coach purchase for Mawi during the four years he was on the track team?

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

3. Mawi describes admiring and wanting to be like whom in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

4. What library did Mawi and his brother often go to in "Libee Migbar"?

5. What is the name of the individual who believed in Mawi and appreciated his dedication to track?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did Haileab find control in his life, according to the author in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

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

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

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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