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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. Haileab was unable to pass the test to get _______________.

2. Where did Mawi's mother send her sons for safekeeping when the armies came close to their home in "Coffee Tales"?

3. How was Tewolde killed in his senior year of high school?

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

5. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy from _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Tewolde developing his own business in "Libee Migbar"?

2. What led Mawi's mother to eventually leave for Sudan with her children, as revealed in "Coffee Tales"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the World Relief Organization and testing conducted on families seeking refuge in the U.S. How did World Relief assist families in relocating? Where were the families sent? With what other organizations was World Relief associated? How did they help Mawi's family?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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