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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, how long was Saroo in Nava Jeevan when a family was found for him?
2. In Chapter 6, how old was Sue Brierly when she left school and got her first job?
3. In the Prologue, how long had the author waited to find his old home?
4. In Chapter 1, when did Saroo go to Australia to live?
5. In Chapter 6, where did Sue Brierly's mother flee from to Germany during the war?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, how did Saroo describe his new country?
2. In Chapter 5, why did the Brierlys cancel a trip to India?
3. In The Prologue, what interaction did Saroo have with a young woman who lived next to his family's old home?
4. In Chapter 2, what did Saroo remember about his baby sister?
5. In Chapter 4, where did Saroo travel to get to his new home?
6. In Chapter 4, why did a teenage boy take Saroo to a police station?
7. In the Prologue, how does Saroo describe the place where his family used to live?
8. In Chapter 5, what aspect of life in Australia immediately appealed to Saroo, and what did he do to enjoy that aspect of life?
9. In Chapter 6, how did Sue and John Brierly meet?
10. In Chapter 4, how did Saroo get invited to someone's home after he quit hanging around the railway station?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author’s growing up years were similar to most young people growing up in Australia. How were Saroo’s growing up years like other Australian children? In what ways did he lose his Indian identity and become westernized?
Essay Topic 2
A Long Way Home is an autobiographical memoir. Why is the book an autobiography and not a biography?
Essay Topic 3
The Brierlys had a worldview that led them to adopt, rather than give birth to children. What worldview did the Brierlys subscribe to that led them not to give birth to children? How did that worldview lead them to adopt?
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