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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 bridge.
(b) To a cave.
(c) To a church.
(d) To a swamp.

2. 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 captain.
(c) Be a soldier.
(d) Be a healer.

3. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy from _______________.
(a) Asia.
(b) Poland.
(c) South America.
(d) Sweden.

4. What does "Libee Migbar" mean in English?
(a) "Developing heart."
(b) "Howls like wolf."
(c) "Eagle vision."
(d) "Full stomach."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Haileab read at the events where hundreds of refugees would gather together in reception hall?

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

3. For how long was Mawi separated from his father while in Africa during his childhood?

4. Mawi didn't have enough money for ___________, in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

5. On what date was Mawi Asgedom born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Mawi attempt to take responsibility for his family, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

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

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

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

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

9. What faux pas did Haileab commit at the family's new residence in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

10. 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"?

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