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

2. How long was it after the library incident that a friend was giving away a weight bench in "Libee Migbar"?

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

4. Haileab earned further education and became what as opposed to a full-fledged doctor?

5. Mawi's brother was killed during what holiday break?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where did Haileab find control in his life, according to the author in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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 Haileab's life and career in Ethiopia. What caused the rebel forces to want Haileab's assistance in their fight? Why did he refuse? Discuss the decisions and actions made by Haileab in leaving for Sudan. How did the author's mother feel about her husband's dangerous departure?

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