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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 many people have the child workers seen pay off their debt?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) None.

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

3. How was Iqbal taken to the city after he went to work to pay his father's debt?
(a) Jeep.
(b) Bus.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

4. How much does Hussain Khan say he gives Fatima?
(a) A rupee a day.
(b) 3 rupees a week.
(c) 2 rupees a week.
(d) A rupee every other day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Salman work in a brick factory?

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

3. In Chapter 4, who gives Fatima and the other carpet makers ointment for their hands?

4. Where is the boy from who wonders why Iqbal was sold if he was so good at making carpets?

5. What does Hussain Khan call the children who make the carpets when foreign customers arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fatima describe Iqbal?

2. What is it like working for Hussain as he expects a visit from clients?

3. What does Karim remember about a boy who spent five days in the Tomb in summer?

4. What is bonded labor and how does it relate to children in some countries?

5. What is the Tomb and what is it like?

6. What is Iqbal's story?

7. What are days like for the children who work for Hussain Khan?

8. Who are the numskulls?

9. How are things different on the day the foreigners are to come to buy carpets?

10. What does Iqbal say when Karim tells him he should be able to pay off his father's debt quickly?

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