from A Long Way Home

What does Saroo remember about his original hometown?

• the language and the railway station

• the railway station and restaurants

• the language and the ocean

• the mountains and the ocean

How does the narrator use Google Earth to search for his original home?

• He searches every train station in India

• The looks at all the rivers in India

• He starts at Kolkata and searches the train lines working outward.

• He scans the entire map of India

Why does the narrator's girlfriend sometimes close his laptop and put it away?

• She wants him to give up

• She thinks he is becoming too absorbed

• She fears he will never succeed

• She wants to talk

What are the narrator's reasons for looking for his long-lost home?

• to understand his past and to reconnect with his family

• to reconnect with his family and collect his inheritance

• to question his elders and understand his past

• to collect his inheritance and to question his elders

What is the first landmark found by Saroo that makes him believe that he may have found his destination?

• a school

• a windmill

• an alleyway

• a water tower

Which of the following situations best illustrates the word quest?

• Alex has trouble understanding the author's ideas.

• Bonita will ride her horse to the annual competition.

• Damon has been looking for the perfect winter hike for years now.

• Caroline always raises her hand during the presentations.

If you do a thorough cleaning of your room, which of the following is most likely to be true?

• You determine where the dirt is and focus on that part.

• You are careful to dust and vacuum every inch of the room.

• You divide your room into quadrants and clean a bit of each.

• You use cleaning products that mask any unpleasant odors.

If a runner relentlessly trains for a race, which if the following is most likely to be true.

• She does not accept help from a trainer.

• She runs faster each day that she trains.

• She acts harshly toward fellow runners.

• She exercises intensely and constantly.

What is especially difficult about Saroo's search?

• The search is in a foreign country.

• The narrator no longer speaks Hindi.

• The search covers a huge area.

• He doesn't remember any landmarks.

"Weeks and then months passed with my spending hours at a time every couple of nights on the laptop. Byron made sure I spent other nights out in the real world so I didn't become an internet recluse."

Which best reveals the author's feeling about his roommate, Byron?

• He resented him for making him get out of the house.

• He thought Byron should spend less time partying.

• He appreciated Byron's friendship.

• He was jealous of Byron's life.