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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. Where did Mawi and his brother take a parking meter after knocking it down?
(a) To a cave.
(b) To a church.
(c) To a bridge.
(d) To a swamp.

2. Where did Mawi's mother send her sons for safekeeping when the armies came close to their home in "Coffee Tales"?
(a) Her sister's home.
(b) Her father's home.
(c) Her brother's home.
(d) Her cousin's home.

3. Where was Haileab raised?
(a) A monastery.
(b) A castle.
(c) A factory.
(d) A mosque.

4. Haileab surmised that if he went by himself to Sudan, the rebels would think he was just going to __________________.
(a) See the sights.
(b) Buy supplies.
(c) Donate money.
(d) See his family.

5. What is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East?
(a) The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
(b) The Roman Catholic Church.
(c) The Orthodox Church of the Nazarene.
(d) The Roman Orthodox Church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Libee Migbar" mean in English?

3. How old was Tewolde when he started his own business?

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

5. How was Tewolde killed in his senior year of high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Mawi's family evicted? What happened when they moved in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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