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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. What was one of several topics to avoid talking about with their parents, according to the author in "Coffee Tales"?

2. After Tewolde's death, Mawi was looking through his room and found a picture of a boy that his brother had ______________.

3. What is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East?

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

5. How old was Tewolde when the author describes him undergoing a personal transformation in "Libee Migbar"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What plan did Mawi and Tewolde develop on Halloween in "Days of Mischief"?

10. 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"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Haileab's transformation in the U.S. Why was Haileab no longer qualified to work in medicine? What led to his unemployment? What health problems did Haileab develop? Also discuss the symbolism of beetles in the narrative. How does the beetle symbolize Haileab in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Mawi's experiences with bullies while staying at the refugee camp in Sudan. How did Mawi and his brother protect themselves? How was this childhood violence perceived by the adults? What did Mawi learn from his experiences fighting off bullies at the refugee camp?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and discuss the theme of generosity in the narrative. How did Haileab demonstrate generosity toward others? How did his actions influence those of his children? How does Tewolde symbolize generosity in the book? What influence did he have on the author?

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