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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, where were members of the Indian community in Hobart from?
(a) India, Niger, and Sudan.
(b) Fiji, South Africa, and India.
(c) India, Kenya, and Ghana.
(d) Botswana, Libya, and India.

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

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

5. In the Prologue, what was the name of the place where Saroo hoped to find his family?
(a) Ganesh Talai.
(b) Triveni Colony.
(c) Hanuman Nagar.
(d) Ghaspura.

6. In Chapter 2, what was the only thing that Saroo remembered his father giving them?
(a) Rubber flip-flops.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Bedding.
(d) Shirts.

7. What issues did Saroo have when he arrived in Australia in Chapter 5?
(a) Intestinal tapeworm, broken teeth, and a heart murmur.
(b) Asthma, missing teeth, and schistosomiasis.
(c) Tuberculosis and broken teeth.
(d) Malaria and intestinal parasites.

8. In Chapter 6, where did Sue Brierly's mother flee from to Germany during the war?
(a) Poland.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Lithuania.

9. In Chapter 5, how old was Saroo when his parents adopted another child from India?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

10. In Chapter 2, what might the children be given to drink?
(a) Chai.
(b) Kokum sherbet.
(c) Chaach.
(d) Milk.

11. In Chapter 1, where was Saroo born?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) Hyderabad.
(c) Lucknow.
(d) Ginestlay.

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

13. In the Prologue, what color was the young woman wearing that Saroo spoke to?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

14. In Chapter 1, where did Saroo and his Mum go to visit other kids who had been adopted from the same Calcutta orphanage?
(a) Melbourne.
(b) Sydney.
(c) Brisbane.
(d) Adelaide.

15. At the end of Chapter 3, where did Saroo have to hide?
(a) Abandoned train car.
(b) Garbage heap.
(c) Shack.
(d) Sewage pipe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far away did Saroo run away shortly after Mantosh came to live with the family in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 1, how did Saroo remember getting food in India?

4. In Chapter 6 in 1987, how many children in India under the age of ten died from illness or starvation?

5. 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?

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