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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How far away did Saroo run away shortly after Mantosh came to live with the family in Chapter 5?
(a) A neighbor's half a block away.
(b) Restaurant two blocks from home.
(c) Library down the street.
(d) Local bus depot around the corner.

8. In Chapter 6, where did Sue Brierly's parents emigrate from after World War II?
(a) Central Europe.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Eastern Europe.

9. In Chapter 6, how old was John Brierly when he met Sue?
(a) 24.
(b) 21.
(c) 23.
(d) 19.

10. 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) Bricks and mortar.
(d) Rusted tin and cardboard.

11. In Chapter 4, how many homeless kids did Saroo say there were in Kolkata?
(a) About 125,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) Perhaps 100,000.
(d) 75,000.

12. 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) Kombu.
(c) Harmonium.
(d) Chikara.

13. In Chapter 5, what food did Saroo have when he met his new parents?
(a) Apple.
(b) Banana.
(c) Chocolate bar.
(d) Jelly beans.

14. In the Prologue, how long had the author waited to find his old home?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 27 years.

15. In Chapter 5, how long after Saroo arrived in Australia did he begin school?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) About a month.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) About 5 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how many people died during the Stoneman murders?

2. In Chapter 5, what type of boat did Saroo's new dad take him out in?

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

4. In Chapter 3, how far would Saroo go into the river?

5. In Chapter 5, what was Saroo's favorite toy that the Brierly's gave him when he arrived?

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