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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Iqbal had been dragged away, who did he look at as though he had something to say?
(a) Salman.
(b) Maria.
(c) Karim.
(d) Fatima.

2. How many bricks did Salman and his family have to make a day?
(a) 500.
(b) 800.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 1,000.

3. In what city is the carpet-making factory?
(a) Lahore.
(b) Karachi.
(c) Peshawar.
(d) Jacobabad.

4. Of the children between 5 and 17 who economically active are under the age of 10?
(a) About 73 million.
(b) 18 million.
(c) Not quite 5 million.
(d) 40 million.

5. How many days was Salman in the tomb once?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 30 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 12 hours.

6. How many years did Salman work in a brick factory?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

7. In Chapter 6, why had Salman been in the Tomb a few months before?
(a) He got his carpet dirty.
(b) He broke a water pitcher.
(c) He had knots in his carpet.
(d) He broke a bowl.

8. In Chapter 1, how long has Fatima been working for Hussain Khan and never been put in the Tomb?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 8 months.

9. How many children are working in conditions of "forced and bonded labor" (v)?
(a) Almost 6 million.
(b) 2.5 million.
(c) Nearly 11 million.
(d) 3 million.

10. Where is Iqbal, in Chapter 5, while Fatima waits to use the bathroom?
(a) Eating breakfast.
(b) In the storeroom.
(c) In the courtyard.
(d) Standing by his loom.

11. How long did the boy Karim remembers being in the Tomb in summer lay on his pallet when he was released?
(a) 5 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

12. How many times does Karim, one of the boys, say he went to the cinema?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

13. What time do the children start work at the carpet factory?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) An hour after sunrise.

14. What is the only thing that stirs after Iqbal is dragged away?
(a) Ants.
(b) Horseflies.
(c) Woodlice.
(d) Mosquitoes.

15. When did Maria arrive at the carpet factory?
(a) Spring.
(b) End of fall.
(c) Beginning of winter.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iqbal's father worked in the fields, what time did it begin to be too hot to work?

2. How high can Fatima count when she starts working at the carpet factory?

3. What type of carpet does Karim say that Iqbal is making?

4. How was Iqbal taken to the city after he went to work to pay his father's debt?

5. What blocks the door to the Tomb?

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