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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 map was on the wall of Saroo's bedroom?
2. In Chapter 4, how many homeless kids did Saroo say there were in Kolkata?
3. In Chapter 4, what happened when Saroo did not follow a woman when she called him after doing their laundry?
4. In Chapter 4, what were the names of the boys who had recently left the orphanage for Australia?
5. In Chapter 4, what color was the book that Saroo's new parents created for him with photographs of them and their home?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 1, who did Saroo's new parents know who helped Saroo adjust to his new home?
2. In Chapter 4, where did Saroo travel to get to his new home?
3. In Chapter 5, why did the Brierlys cancel a trip to India?
4. In Chapter 6, what vision did Sue have when she was 12?
5. What was the Liluah Juvenile detention center like that Saroo was taken to in Chapter 4?
6. In Chapter 6, who were Sue Brierly's parents, and where did they come from?
7. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo interact with his new parents at the airport in Melbourne?
8. In Chapter 3, what did Saroo find by the river?
9. In Chapter 4, how did Saroo get invited to someone's home after he quit hanging around the railway station?
10. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember about his baby sister?
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
The author used Google Earth in his search for his birth family. How did he use Google Earth? What did it symbolized to him?
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