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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, what map was on the wall of Saroo's bedroom?
(a) World.
(b) Australia.
(c) Asia.
(d) India.

3. In Chapter 1 after Saroo was adopted, how long did it take for him to be able to explain that a train took him to Calcutta?
(a) About a year.
(b) 15 months.
(c) A little over a year.
(d) 11 months.

4. In Chapter 5, what was Saroo's favorite toy that the Brierly's gave him when he arrived?
(a) Teddy bear.
(b) Tonka truck.
(c) Legoes.
(d) Koala bear.

5. In Chapter 1, where did Saroo grow up?
(a) North Hobart.
(b) Sandy Bay.
(c) Battery Point.
(d) Hobart.

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

7. In the Prologue, when was the last time that the author stood near his family's home in India?
(a) When he was 7.
(b) When he was 5.
(c) When he was 3.
(d) When he was 6.

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

9. 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) Chikara.
(b) Harmonium.
(c) Kombu.
(d) Pepa.

10. 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.

11. In Chapter 4, what did Saroo choose when he was allowed to get a toy from a toy shop?
(a) Car.
(b) Pickup sticks.
(c) Truck.
(d) Dominoes.

12. In Chapter 4, how long was Saroo in Nava Jeevan when a family was found for him?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

13. In Chapter 6, how old was Sue Brierly when she left school and got her first job?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

14. In Chapter 3, who took Saroo to his home and fed him?
(a) Storekeeper.
(b) Railway worker.
(c) Conductor.
(d) Porter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 5, when did Saroo land in Melbourne?

4. In Chapter 1, what was Saroo's native language?

5. In Chapter 1, what film did Saroo's parents take him to that made him cry?

(see the answer keys)

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