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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is Iqbal in the Tomb before he is released in Chapter 7?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.

2. What does Iqbal do with Fatima and Maria the first morning they are at the Bonded Labor Liberation Front?
(a) Go to a library.
(b) Fly a kite.
(c) Play in the garden.
(d) Go to the market.

3. In Chapter 10, how does Fatima say that Ali has grown?
(a) Like a flower.
(b) Like a mushroom.
(c) Like a tree.
(d) Like a weed.

4. Where is Mohammed's home?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Countryside.
(c) Karachi.
(d) Hyderabad.

5. Where is it decided to take the children after Hussain is arrested in Chapter 11?
(a) Headquarters of the Bonded Labor Liberation Front.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A doctor's office.
(d) The police station.

6. What color shirt did the main speaker wear who was from the group speaking about bonded labor?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

7. During the month after Iqbal's punishment in the Tomb, what sickness affects the children?
(a) Giardiasis.
(b) Gastroenteritis.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Dysentery.

8. When Iqbal wanted to avoid some boys, what did he do?
(a) Hid in a culvert.
(b) Went to the river.
(c) Hid in a warehouse.
(d) Rode the bus.

9. What nickname do Fatima and the other children give a boy who hurts his hand two days after he arrives?
(a) Spourt.
(b) Twig.
(c) Slim.
(d) Bean.

10. How much were children paid to move loads in the market?
(a) A place to sleep.
(b) Food.
(c) 2 rupees.
(d) A rupee.

11. How many men from the Bonded Labor Liberation Front come to Hussain Khan with Iqbal in Chapter 11?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. How do Hussain and his friends search for Iqbal when he escapes?
(a) Chevy vans.
(b) Suzuki vans.
(c) Karvaans.
(d) Toyota vans.

13. What wakens Fatima and the others one night in Chapter 12?
(a) A banging on the door, shouting, and gunshots.
(b) Horns in the street and the sound of gunfire.
(c) Noises, gunshots, shouts, and the sound of running feet.
(d) Screaming, shouting, and shooting.

14. After Iqbal escapes, how much extra do the children have to work daily?
(a) 1 1/2 hours.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) An hour.

15. In Chapter 10, who starts fighting?
(a) Mohammed and Salman.
(b) Mohammed and Iqbal.
(c) Twig and Ali.
(d) Ali and Salman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the children knows how to read?

2. Less than a month after the children are rescued from Hussain Khan's workshop, how many children does Iqbal find in a cellar carpet factory on the outskirts of Lahore?

3. How many days does Iqbal spend visiting his family in Chapter 12?

4. How long is an Indian film that Fatima and Maria see in Chapter 12?

5. Whose loom breaks in the month afterr Iqbal was punished by being put in the Tomb?

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