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

2. The man that Tewolde took the weight bench to in "Libee Migbar" was the same man from where?
(a) The church.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The library.
(d) The bank.

3. What month was it when the author described giving a stranger his lunch at the library?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) July.
(d) October.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Haileab surmised that if he went by himself to Sudan, the rebels would think he was just going to __________________.

2. In what year was Haileab born?

3. What did Haileab regularly have his children get up and do in the mornings?

4. What profession did Haileab have in Africa?

5. Where did Haileab work as a janitor in America in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan did Mawi and Tewolde develop on Halloween in "Days of Mischief"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Mawi realize about his family in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who did he hope to become like?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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