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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 might the children be given to drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Kokum sherbet.
(c) Chai.
(d) Chaach.

2. In Chapter 4, where did a teenager take Saroo to get help?
(a) Mosque.
(b) Orphanage.
(c) Police station.
(d) City offices.

3. In Chapter 3, who saved Saroo from drowning?
(a) A holy man.
(b) An older boy.
(c) An old woman.
(d) An old man.

4. In Chapter 4, how many people died during the Stoneman murders?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

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

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

8. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what was one of the most vivid memories that Saroo had from his time in India?
(a) Watching his baby sister.
(b) Trying to sleep when he was hungry.
(c) Playing with his brothers.
(d) Begging for food.

9. In Chapter 4, what happened when Saroo did not follow a woman when she called him after doing their laundry?
(a) She threw a rock at him.
(b) She told him to never come back to her house.
(c) She spit at him.
(d) She yelled at him.

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

11. 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.

12. How old was Saroo when he and his family had to visit his father's and his new wife's baby in Chapter 2?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

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) Sydney.
(b) Brisbane.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Melbourne.

15. At the beginning of Chapter 3, how many dead people did Saroo see lying among piles or rubbish?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what were the names of the boys who had recently left the orphanage for Australia?

2. In Chapter 5, how long after Saroo arrived in Australia did he begin school?

3. In Chapter 1, who did Saroo remember were in the family he lost?

4. In Chapter 6, how old was Sue Brierly when she left school and got her first job?

5. In Chapter 6, where did John Brierly's family emigrate from?

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