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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. Mawi and his brother remembered a story their father had told them about a boy who died for ___________________.

2. What did Haileab do with the debris after cleaning up his new neighborhood?

3. What does "Libee Migbar" mean in English?

4. Haileab surmised that if he went by himself to Sudan, the rebels would think he was just going to __________________.

5. Where was Haileab raised?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Mawi and his brother learn about their father's departure in "Coffee Tales"?

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

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

10. What led to Mawi's father leaving alone for Sudan, as related in "The Making 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

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 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?

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