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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 earned further education and became what as opposed to a full-fledged doctor?
(a) An advanced dresser.
(b) An MRI technician.
(c) A phlebotomy technician.
(d) An X-Ray technician.

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

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

4. Who offered Mawi a full-tuition scholarship?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) The University of Michigan.
(d) Wayne State University.

5. How old was Tewolde when he started his own business?
(a) 29.
(b) 17.
(c) 33.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. Mawi and his brother remembered a story their father had told them about a boy who died for ___________________.

4. How old was Tewolde when the author describes him undergoing a personal transformation in "Libee Migbar"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe his father's transformation in America 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. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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

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