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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. 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) Chikara.
(d) Harmonium.

5. What was the name of the baby that Sue Brierly's parents had when they emigrated to Australia?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sally.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Margaret.

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

7. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember that his mother usually wore?
(a) Blue sari.
(b) Green sari.
(c) Red sari.
(d) Yellow sari.

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

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

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

11. 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) Sheets of plywood.
(b) Rusted tin and cardboard.
(c) Cardboard.
(d) Bricks and mortar.

12. In Chapter 6 in 1987, how many children in India under the age of ten died from illness or starvation?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 750,000.
(c) About 10 million.
(d) Around 14 million.

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

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

15. 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 laundry.
(b) Buying food.
(c) Carrying goods on a handcart.
(d) Washing windows.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, when did Saroo go to Australia to live?

4. In the Prologue, how long had the author waited to find his old home?

5. How old was Saroo when he and his family had to visit his father's and his new wife's baby in Chapter 2?

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