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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When was Sue Brierly born?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1953.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how many eggs did Saroo and his brothers steal and manage to get home unbroken?

2. In Chapter 1, where did Saroo grow up?

3. In the Prologue, what color was the young woman wearing that Saroo spoke to?

4. In Chapter 4, what happened when Saroo did not follow a woman when she called him after doing their laundry?

5. In Chapter 5, what food did Saroo have when he met his new parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who were Sue Brierly's parents, and where did they come from?

2. In the Prologue, how does Saroo describe the place where his family used to live?

3. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo describe his new country?

4. In Chapter 5, why did the Brierlys cancel a trip to India?

5. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo interact with his new parents at the airport in Melbourne?

6. In Chapter 6, how did Sue and John Brierly meet?

7. At the end of Chapter 3, who was kind to Saroo, and why did Saroo run from him and people the man knew?

8. In Chapter 6, what vision did Sue have when she was 12?

9. What was the Liluah Juvenile detention center like that Saroo was taken to in Chapter 4?

10. In the Prologue, what conversation did Saroo have with a man near the place where his family lived?

(see the answer keys)

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