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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. How old was Saroo when he and his family had to visit his father's and his new wife's baby in Chapter 2?
2. In Chapter 5, what type of boat did Saroo's new dad take him out in?
3. In Chapter 4, what was a boy doing when Saroo saw him, and then the boy invited Saroo to stay with his family?
4. In Chapter 3, who saved Saroo from drowning?
5. In Chapter 4, what happened when Saroo did not follow a woman when she called him after doing their laundry?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, why did the Brierlys cancel a trip to India?
2. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember about his baby sister?
3. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo describe his new country?
4. In Chapter 4, why did a teenage boy take Saroo to a police station?
5. In Chapter 2, how did Saroo get lost?
6. In Chapter 3, what did Saroo find by the river?
7. In Chapter 6, who were Sue Brierly's parents, and where did they come from?
8. In The Prologue, what interaction did Saroo have with a young woman who lived next to his family's old home?
9. In the Prologue, how does Saroo describe the place where his family used to live?
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
The author stated that he had two families. In what way did the author say that he was still the same person as he was before he went to India? What did finding his birth family change? Why did it not change the author?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Saroo and his birth family lived in poverty. What did the author communicate about poverty and its effects on families through his life and experiences?
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