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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 1, what film did Saroo's parents take him to that made him cry?
2. In Chapter 2, what instrument would be played when Saroo and his family gathered in the courtyard during the hot months of the year?
3. In Chapter 4 at the Liluah juvenile home, how many children would sleep in a bed?
4. In Chapter 6, how much did Sue Brierly earn at her first job?
5. In Chapter 5, how long after Saroo arrived in Australia did he begin school?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 2, how did Saroo get lost?
2. In Chapter 6, what vision did Sue have when she was 12?
3. In Chapter 1, how easily did Saroo transition to life in a new country and culture?
4. In Chapter 5, what aspect of life in Australia immediately appealed to Saroo, and what did he do to enjoy that aspect of life?
5. In Chapter 6, what happened to Sue Brierly's father?
6. In Chapter 4, where did Saroo travel to get to his new home?
7. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo interact with his new parents at the airport in Melbourne?
8. What was the Liluah Juvenile detention center like that Saroo was taken to in Chapter 4?
9. In Chapter 6, who were Sue Brierly's parents, and where did they come from?
10. In Chapter 6, how did Sue and John Brierly meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A Long Way Home is an autobiographical memoir. Why is the book an autobiography and not a biography?
Essay Topic 2
The author was concerned about returning to India. What did the author fear might happen when he returned to India? How were his expectations intertwined with his fears? How did his expectations almost derail his return?
Essay Topic 3
When the author visited his Indian family, he learned that his brother Guddu had died. How did the author feel when he learned of his brother’s death? Why did the grief overwhelm him so much when the death had happened so long ago?
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