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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what instrument would be played when Saroo and his family gathered in the courtyard during the hot months of the year?
(a) Pepa.
(b) Chikara.
(c) Harmonium.
(d) Kombu.

2. In Chapter 4 at the Liluah juvenile home, how many children would sleep in a bed?
(a) 2 to 3.
(b) 3 to 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. In Chapter 1, when did Saroo go to Australia to live?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1986.

4. In Chapter 4, what was a boy doing when Saroo saw him, and then the boy invited Saroo to stay with his family?
(a) Carrying goods on a handcart.
(b) Carrying laundry.
(c) Washing windows.
(d) Buying food.

5. In Chapter 3, where did Saroo learn that there were more possibilities for food in Calcutta?
(a) By a food market.
(b) By the train station.
(c) Along the river.
(d) Near a school.

6. In Chapter 4, what was the house made of where a boy and his mother allowed Saroo to stay at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Cardboard.
(b) Sheets of plywood.
(c) Rusted tin and cardboard.
(d) Bricks and mortar.

7. In Chapter 6, how old was Saroo when his mother's father died?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

8. In Chapter 1, what film did Saroo's parents take him to that made him cry?
(a) The Burning Train.
(b) Salaam Bombay!
(c) Qurbani.
(d) Aakrosh.

9. In Chapter 1, what birthdate was on Saroo's official documents?
(a) August 15, 1983.
(b) January 2, 1980.
(c) May 22, 1981.
(d) April 3, 1982.

10. In Chapter 5, what was the name of the suburb where Saroo went to school?
(a) Tranmere.
(b) Fern Tree.
(c) Montrose.
(d) Howrah.

11. In Chapter 2, how many days a week did Saroo's mother work?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

12. In Chapter 4, what was the first food that Mrs. Sood got Saroo?
(a) Star fruit.
(b) Mango.
(c) Orange.
(d) Banana.

13. In Chapter 5, when did Saroo land in Melbourne?
(a) July 13, 1987.
(b) October 29, 1987.
(c) August 3, 1987.
(d) September 25, 1987.

14. In Chapter 1, who did Saroo remember were in the family he lost?
(a) Father, mother, two sisters, and two brothers.
(b) Mother, sister, and two brothers.
(c) Father, mother, sister, and brother.
(d) Mother, two sisters, and a brother.

15. In Chapter 1, how did Saroo remember getting food in India?
(a) Take a pot to people's houses and beg for food.
(b) Sit on the side of the road and beg.
(c) Wander through crowds begging.
(d) Go through garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember that his mother usually wore?

2. In Chapter 5, how old was it thought that Mantosh was when he arrived in Australia?

3. In the Prologue, what was the name of the place where Saroo hoped to find his family?

4. In Chapter 6, how much did Sue Brierly earn at her first job?

5. In Chapter 6, how long after the Brierly's submitted an application to adopt, did they receive news that they could adopt Saroo?

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