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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, how many rupees did Fatima earn a month?

2. In Chapter 8, how far did Saroo estimate that he might have traveled on the train that took him to Kolkata?

3. In Chapter 10, what was Saroo's birth mother's name?

4. In Chapter 8, when did Saroo meet Lisa?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how did Saroo find Burhanpur?

2. In Chapter 11, how had Kallu been affected by Guddu's death and Saroo's disappearance?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 12, how did Saroo stay in touch with his Indian family?

10. In Chapter 11, why did Saroo not try to find his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

A Long Way Home is an autobiographical memoir. Why is the book an autobiography and not a biography?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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