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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. Used to wealth and prestige back in his homeland, Haileab found himself metamorphosed into what in America, according to the author in "The Unmaking of a Man"?

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

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

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

5. What did Haileab regularly have his children get up and do in the mornings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where does Mawi describe his father reciting poetry in "The Unmaking of a Man"? What did he think of the poetry?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify metaphor, simile and symbolism in the narrative. What symbolism did Haileab use to describe angels in "God's Angels"? Why did Haileab bring in the stranger to their home and shelter him? What does this symbolize? What did he give them in return and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the settings of Adi Wahla, Ethiopia, and Sudan. Where did Mawi's family first encounter refugees in Sudan? What were the conditions like there? Also discuss the journey of Mawi's family across the desert to arrive in Sudan. What dangers did the family face?

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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