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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 5, what was the name of the suburb where Saroo went to school?

2. In Chapter 1, when did Saroo go to Australia to live?

3. In Chapter 4, how many homeless kids did Saroo say there were in Kolkata?

4. In Chapter 1, what map was on the wall of Saroo's bedroom?

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

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 6, what happened to Sue Brierly's father?

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember about his baby sister?

8. In Chapter 3, what happened when Saroo almost drowned in the river?

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

10. At the end of Chapter 3, who was kind to Saroo, and why did Saroo run from him and people the man knew?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The author encountered many dangers on the streets of Calcutta. How did the author take care of himself? What did the things he did to survive reveal about initiative?

Essay Topic 3

The author could have died on the streets of Calcutta. How did Saroo survive, and what did his survival have to do with salvation?

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