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

2. What would Mawi's father do whenever the armies approached?
(a) Insult them.
(b) Throw water at them.
(c) Go into hiding.
(d) Tell them to go away.

3. What did Haileab do with the debris after cleaning up his new neighborhood?
(a) Burned it.
(b) Took it to the landfill.
(c) Dumped it in the river.
(d) Put it in the trash.

4. What refers to an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States?
(a) The big 10.
(b) The upper league.
(c) The PAC 10.
(d) The Ivy League.

5. What did Mawi ask the universities he applied to to waive in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
(a) U.S. residency requirements.
(b) Test scores.
(c) Tuition.
(d) Application fees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East?

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

3. How far did Mawi run to get to athletic practices at the school?

4. What refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation, and political power?

5. The man that Tewolde took the weight bench to in "Libee Migbar" was the same man from where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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