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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 11, how many people were in India?

2. In Chapter 9, what was the date?

3. In Chapter 10, when did Saroo leave his hotel after arriving in Khandwa?

4. In Chapter 9 when Saroo found his hometown, how long had he been on the computer nonstop?

5. In Chapter 12, what did Fatima see in her mind the day before Saroo came back when she was praying?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 9, what was the fountain like that Saroo remembered from his hometown?

3. in Chapter 10, how did Saroo describe the place where his family once lived?

4. In Chapter 11, what jobs did Shekila and Kallu have, and why were they able to have those jobs?

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

6. In Chapter 7, what ultimatum did Saroo's parents give him and why?

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

8. In Chapter 10, what things did Saroo see as he drove from the airport to his hotel?

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

10. In Chapter 9, why did Saroo decide to go to India alone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eventually the author’s search for his birth family consumed him. How did the author’s search change from an on-again-off-again project? Why would he have been considered to be obsessed with his search after a while?

Essay Topic 2

The story is told from the author’s point of view. How does the point of view affect readers and help them identify with the author?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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