View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the individual who believed in Mawi and appreciated his dedication to track?

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

5. Who suggested that Mawi apply to an Ivy League college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the settings of Chicago and Wheaton, Illinois. How do the settings of Chicago and Wheaton differ? What were the author's first impressions of each? In what year did Mawi's family arrive? How much English did the members of the family speak?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the figure of Beth in the narrative. What were Mawi's impressions of Beth? How did she help the family adjust to the culture shock of America? In what way does Beth represent an "angel" thematically in the book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 996 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample