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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. Which of the following sports was Mawi involved in during high school?

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

3. How old was Tewolde when he started his own business?

4. What did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?

5. Tewolde had a knack for what, according to the author in "Libee Migbar"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and analyze foreshadowing in "A New Life," and discuss the impressions of American culture gained by Mawi's family through television and tours. What did Mawi's father think of the television? Why? How did television shape the way Mawi's parents instructed their children to act in public?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the correlations between food and culture. How is local cuisine relative to an individual's cultural identity? What did obtaining their native foods mean for Mawi's family? How does the relationship between food and culture differ within different communities and regions?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and analyze the theme of bullying in the narrative. In what ways were Mawi and his siblings picked on by the other students in America? Why? Where previously had Mawi and his siblings dealt with bullies? What was different about their interactions with them in America?

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