Quiz XII

What does the author find Saheb looking for every morning in the garbage dumps?

• Stone

• Glass

• Gold

• Diamonds

What does the author ask Saheb to do?

• Earn money

• Start a business

• Looking for a job

• Go to school

The ragpickers of Seemapuri had come from

• Sri Lanka

• Myanmar

• Bangladesh

• None of the above

How much money was Saheb paid for working in the tea-stall?

• 1000 rupees

• 800 rupees

• 900 rupees

• 850 rupees

Saheb's name is completely ironical because

• it is an old-fashioned name

• it has no meaning

• it is fully contrary to the circumstances he was living in

• it is too modern

For the poor ragpickers of Seemapuri, "garbage is_________"

• Diamond

• Silver

• Gold

• Useless

For the children of the ragpickers, garbage was something more than a means of survival.

• True

• False

Saheb was not happy working in the tea-stall because

• He got less money

• He hated selling tea

• He wanted to go to school

• He lost the freedom he enjoyed in ragpicking

The ragpickers of Seemapuri had left their country because

• they were thrown out of Bangladesh

• they were exploited in Bangladesh

• their crops yielded no grain which led them to poverty

• they wanted to live in India

The significance of the title "Lost Spring" is that it refers to the

• spring season which is awful

• spring season which brings good harvest

• childhood stage which was lost due to grinding poverty

• None of the above