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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 2, what might the children be given to drink?
2. In Chapter 4, how many homeless kids did Saroo say there were in Kolkata?
3. In Chapter 6, where did John Brierly's family emigrate from?
4. In Chapter 1, who did Saroo remember were in the family he lost?
5. In Chapter 3, who saved Saroo from drowning?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, why did the Brierlys cancel a trip to India?
2. In Chapter 5, what aspect of life in Australia immediately appealed to Saroo, and what did he do to enjoy that aspect of life?
3. In Chapter 4, why did a teenage boy take Saroo to a police station?
4. In Chapter 6, what vision did Sue have when she was 12?
5. In Chapter 2, how did Saroo get lost?
6. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo describe his new country?
7. In the Prologue, what conversation did Saroo have with a man near the place where his family lived?
8. In Chapter 4, how did Saroo get invited to someone's home after he quit hanging around the railway station?
9. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo interact with his new parents at the airport in Melbourne?
10. In Chapter 4, where did Saroo travel to get to his new home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A Long Way Home is about the author’s life and search to find his birth family. Why did the author write about his life and search to find his birth family? What did he hope others would gain from the book?
Essay Topic 2
The author had a relatively easy time adjusting to life in Australia. How did the author and Mantosh adapt differently to their new lives? Why did they assimilate differently to their new lives?
Essay Topic 3
The author’s story begins when he was five and ends when he is a young man. How did the experiences that the author had help him grow, mature, and become a responsible young man?
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