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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. In Chapter 6, where did Sue Brierly's mother flee from to Germany during the war?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Lithuania.
(d) Hungary.

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

3. In Chapter 2, how many days a week did Saroo's mother work?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. In Chapter 1, where was Saroo found when he was separated from his family?
(a) Chennai.
(b) New Delhi.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Calcutta.

5. In Chapter 4 at the Liluah juvenile home, how many children would sleep in a bed?
(a) 2.
(b) 3 to 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2 to 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who saved Saroo from drowning?

2. In Chapter 6, how much did Sue Brierly earn at her first job?

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

4. In Chapter 5, what type of boat did Saroo's new dad take him out in?

5. In the Prologue, how long had the author waited to find his old home?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how did Saroo get invited to someone's home after he quit hanging around the railway station?

2. In Chapter 4, why did a teenage boy take Saroo to a police station?

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

4. In Chapter 1, how did Saroo's adoptive mother try to help Saroo feel at home with her and her husband?

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

6. In Chapter 5, what aspect of life in Australia immediately appealed to Saroo, and what did he do to enjoy that aspect of life?

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

8. In Chapter 1, how easily did Saroo transition to life in a new country and culture?

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

10. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo say about his mother and father?

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