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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 12, what time of year did Saroo return to India for a second time?

2. In Chapter 8, what did Saroo's new roommate, Byron, do for a living?

3. In Chapter 9, what was the statue in the middle of a fountain in Khandwa?

4. In Chapter 10, where was Kallu living?

5. In Chapter 11, what did Kallu do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job did Saroo take at the end of Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 10, how did Saroo's mother know that he was her son?

3. In Chapter 12, what assurance did Saroo's mother have that he was not dead?

4. In Chapter 9 when Saroo found Khandwa, what familiar landmarks did he see?

5. In Chapter 11, who heard about Saroo's story and showed up at his mother's home?

6. How did Saroo get obsessed with his search in Chapter 8?

7. In Chapter 7, what did Saroo do after his parents issued an ultimatum?

8. In Chapter 8, how did Saroo describe that area that he decided to search on Google Earth and what did he wonder about the search?

9. What information did Saroo find out about trains to determine what area to search for his hometown in Chapter 8?

10. In Chapter 7, why did Saroo move to Canberra?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the general feeling that readers have when they read the story? How does the mood change in various sections of the book? What is the overall mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

There was a Hindu saying that “Everything is written” (217). What does that saying mean? What do Hindu’s believe about destiny? Why does the author believe that everything that happened to him was his destiny?

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