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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. Haileab was unable to pass the test to get _______________.
(a) A job.
(b) A hunting license.
(c) A drivers license.
(d) A pilots license.

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

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

4. Where did Mawi and Tewolde take their second job?
(a) A movie theatre.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A dog groomer.
(d) A cleaning service.

5. What location did Mawi's father leave once the armies began coming too often?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Eritrea.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Djibouti.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country was Mawi born?

3. Mawi's father was so helpful that the rebels wanted him to do what for them, as described in "Coffee Tales"?

4. What job did Mawi and Tewolde do first in order to make money in "Libee Migbar"?

5. What word means to listen secretly to a private conversation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Tewolde and Mawi take the weight bench in "Libee Migbar"? What discovery did Mawi make of his brother?

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

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

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

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

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

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