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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what was the first food that Mrs. Sood got Saroo?
(a) Orange.
(b) Star fruit.
(c) Mango.
(d) Banana.

2. In Chapter 1, who did Saroo remember were in the family he lost?
(a) Father, mother, sister, and brother.
(b) Mother, two sisters, and a brother.
(c) Mother, sister, and two brothers.
(d) Father, mother, two sisters, and two brothers.

3. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember that his mother usually wore?
(a) Red sari.
(b) Blue sari.
(c) Green sari.
(d) Yellow sari.

4. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember he had for bedding in India?
(a) Ragged sheets.
(b) Old coat.
(c) Tattered blanket.
(d) Old rags.

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

6. At the end of Chapter 3, where did Saroo have to hide?
(a) Sewage pipe.
(b) Garbage heap.
(c) Abandoned train car.
(d) Shack.

7. In Chapter 1, where was Saroo born?
(a) Hyderabad.
(b) Ginestlay.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Lucknow.

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

9. In Chapter 5, what was the name of the suburb where Saroo went to school?
(a) Montrose.
(b) Fern Tree.
(c) Howrah.
(d) Tranmere.

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

11. In Chapter 2, how old was Saroo when he was circumcised?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

12. In Chapter 2, how old was Saroo's brother Guddu when he went to work washing dishes?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

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

14. In Chapter 5, what type of boat did Saroo's new dad take him out in?
(a) Row boat.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Catamaran.
(d) Kayak.

15. In Chapter 4, what were the names of the boys who had recently left the orphanage for Australia?
(a) Daya and Tash.
(b) Abdul and Musa.
(c) Odan and Garg.
(d) Aga and Caru.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 after Saroo was adopted, how long did it take for him to be able to explain that a train took him to Calcutta?

2. In Chapter 1, where did Saroo and his Mum go to visit other kids who had been adopted from the same Calcutta orphanage?

3. In Chapter 2, what was the only thing that Saroo remembered his father giving them?

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

5. In Chapter 6, where did Sue Brierly's mother flee from to Germany during the war?

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