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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. When Haileab left his family, he did so because he knew that if they traveled with him, they would be ____________.
2. What is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East?
3. What refers to an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation, and political power?
4. Mawi's father was so helpful that the rebels wanted him to do what for them, as described in "Coffee Tales"?
5. What did Tewolde help the man whom he had taken the weight bench from find?
Short Essay Questions
1. What faux pas did Haileab commit at the family's new residence in "The Unmaking of a Man"?
2. Where does Mawi describe his father reciting poetry in "The Unmaking of a Man"? What did he think of the poetry?
3. What athletics was the author involved in during high school, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"? Who helped him succeed?
4. What did Mawi know not to discuss with his parents as a child? How did he and his brother learn about the past in "Coffee Tales"?
5. What correlation did the author find between Halloween and holidays from his homeland in "Days of Mischief"?
6. Where did Tewolde and Mawi take the weight bench in "Libee Migbar"? What discovery did Mawi make of his brother?
7. How did Mawi and his brother almost get arrested in "Days of Mischief"? What words of their father did they recall?
8. What did Mawi and his siblings learn about their father's birth and early life in "The Making of a Man"?
9. How did Mawi attempt to take responsibility for his family, as related in "Eyeing the Mountaintop"?
10. What did Mawi find in Tewolde's room after his death in "Libee Migbar"? What did this make him realize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the correlations between American and East African culture and holidays and Mawi's first impressions of Halloween. What Sudanese holiday does the author describe in "Days of Mischief"? What about Halloween attracted him and his siblings?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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