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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mawi ask the universities he applied to to waive in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

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

4. What location did Mawi's father leave once the armies began coming too often?

5. Mawi describes admiring and wanting to be like whom in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Mawi's family evicted? What happened when they moved in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

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

5. Who related stories of Haileab to Mawi in "The Unmaking of a Man"? What did Mawi realize about his father after hearing these stories?

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

7. What did Tewolde hope to accomplish with his business in "Libee Migbar"? What happened instead?

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

9. What athletics was the author involved in during high school, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who helped him succeed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Haileab's transformation in the U.S. Why was Haileab no longer qualified to work in medicine? What led to his unemployment? What health problems did Haileab develop? Also discuss the symbolism of beetles in the narrative. How does the beetle symbolize Haileab in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the history, geography and cultures of Eritrea and Ethiopia. When did civil war break out between these nations? What were conditions of the war like? When did the political upheavals during the 1980s and 1990s originate? What led to the civil war?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the English meaning of "Libee Migbar" and the actions of Tewolde in the chapter by the same name. How does the author describe Tewolde's transformation? How is this illustrated through Tewolde's actions? What caused Tewolde to change in "Libee Migbar"?

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