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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 4 at the Liluah juvenile home, how many children would sleep in a bed?
2. In Chapter 4, what color was the book that Saroo's new parents created for him with photographs of them and their home?
3. What was the name of the baby that Sue Brierly's parents had when they emigrated to Australia?
4. In Chapter 1, when did Saroo go to Australia to live?
5. In Chapter 4, what was the house made of where a boy and his mother allowed Saroo to stay at the beginning of Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo say about his mother and father?
2. In the Prologue, what conversation did Saroo have with a man near the place where his family lived?
3. In Chapter 3, what happened when Saroo almost drowned in the river?
4. In Chapter 4, how did Saroo get invited to someone's home after he quit hanging around the railway station?
5. In Chapter 2, how did Saroo get lost?
6. In Chapter 1, who did Saroo's new parents know who helped Saroo adjust to his new home?
7. In Chapter 3, what did Saroo find by the river?
8. In Chapter 1, how did Saroo's adoptive mother try to help Saroo feel at home with her and her husband?
9. In Chapter 6, what vision did Sue have when she was 12?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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