A Long Way from Home

What is 'B' Towns?

• Saroo remembers that the name of a train station near is hometown begins with the letter B.

• A city in Australia

• A city in India

• The name of his friend

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What is 'Ginestlay'?

• The name of his favorite food

• The name of the train station

• His brother's name

• Saroo remembered this as the name of his hometown, but nobody was able to find it on the map.

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What technology tool did Saroo use to locate his family’s hometown?

• Google Maps

• Mapquest

• Google Earth

• Facebook

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1. What is the goal of Saroo’s search?

• His goal is to search for his family in India

• His goal is to go to college

• He wants to move from Australia

• He wants to have Indian friends

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Who understood Saroo’s personal and growing importance of the search and was very patient and supportive?

• His parents

• His Indian friends

• Lisa

• Byron

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According to the author, what is Lisa's greatest fear?

• That he would move to India and start a new life

• He will breakup with her

• He will forget about her

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Why did Saroo make the decision to not tell too many people including his parents of what he was searching for

• He did not want anyone in his business

• He wanted to be alone

• He did not want people to misunderstand his intentions.

• He wanted to be free.

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What was Saroo getting ready to embark on?

• quest

• deliberate

• intensity

• thorough

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How did Saroo become obsessive with his search?

• He was on his computers for hours.

• He was getting ready to embark on a quest to search for his biological family and their hometown in India.

• He was worried they would not understand his intentions

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1. How long did it take Saroo to find his hometown?

• His entire life

• 25 years

• 24 years

• 8 months of intense searching, but nearly 5 years since he downloaded Google Earth.

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