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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 did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?
(a) Housing and a job.
(b) A bank to rob.
(c) His wife and children.
(d) His parents.

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

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

4. What refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation, and political power?
(a) Minority.
(b) Majority.
(c) Clergy.
(d) Caste.

5. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy that his brother had ______________.
(a) Sent candy to.
(b) Sponsored.
(c) Gotten a wife for.
(d) Sent to China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mawi become during his senior year?

2. What did Mawi ask the universities he applied to to waive in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

3. 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"?

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

5. In "Days of Mischief," what did the villagers of Sudan build for the annual celebration?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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