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WorksheetsFrom a Long Way Home
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Choose the author’s reflection that BEST reveals an important insight he has in his quest to find his childhood home in the selection from A Long Way Home.
I hadn’t lived by the sea, although I couldn’t rule out that I’d lived near it. And I hadn’t lived in the mountains.
So I had some vague thoughts on likely regions, and some ways of identifying "Ginestlay" and the "B" place if I found them.
I didn't know how a girlfriend would take to the time-consuming quest.… But Lisa understood the personal and growing importance of the search, and was patient and supportive.
[A]s it dawned on me that I could turn this into a painstaking, deliberate task that simply required dedication, something clicked inside.… Seeing it almost as much an intellectual challenge as an emotional quest, I threw myself into solving it.
Which sentence from the selection from A Long Way Home is the BEST example of the author’s use of descriptive details about his emotions?
I watched as the town unpixelated before my eyes. It was quite small. Too small, surely. But with a child’s perspective. . .
I finished work with Dad at five p.m., and by five-thirty I would be back at the laptop, slowly advancing along train tracks and studying the towns they led to.
I thought my Indian friends from college might be able to help, especially Amreen, whose father would likely have a more educated guess, so I got in touch with them.
The first time I zoomed in on Howrah Station, looking at the rows of ridged gray platform roofs and all the tracks spilling out of it like the fraying end of a rope, I was amazed and shocked that I'd once trod barefoot along these walkways.
What does the narrator remember about his original hometown? Choose two.
the language spoken there
the name of the state
the railway station
the mountains
Why is he looking for his long-lost home? Choose two.
to question his religion
to understand his past
to reconnect with family
to reclaim traditions
What is the first landmark Saroo recognizes during his search that makes him believe he may have found his home?
a school
a train station
a windmill
a water tower
How does Saroo feel about his search?
certain he will find his former home
foolish for trying
worried his family is no longer alive
He struggles with conflicting emotions.
In the selection from A Long Way Home, what does the narrator remember about his original hometown? Choose two options.
the language spoken there
the name of the state
the railway station
the mountains
Read the following passage from the selection from A Long Way Home. South beyond Orissa, I elimated Andhra Pradesh, five hundred kilometers farther down the east coast. Jharkhand and Bihar didn't offer up anything promising, either, and as I wound up in Uttar Pradesh, I thought I'd keep going to cover most of the state. In fact, the states eventually replaced my zone boundary as a way of marking my progress. Ruling out areas state by state provided a series of goals that spurred me on. Choose the sentence that best represents the central idea of the passage.
Saroo realized he would not be successful searching near the coast.
Saroo regretted changing his search method from using a zone boundary to using states.
The state of Uttar Predesh was so large that Saroo had to search the whole state with care.
The new method of searching by state gave Saroo clear goals that kept him going in his search.
In the selection from A Long Way Home, how does the narrator use Google Earth to search for his original home?
he focuses on every train station in India to find the one he remembers
he starts at Kolkata and searches the train lines working outward
he scans the entire map of India to find landmarks he recalls
he traces the rivers of India from the sea inland
In the selection from A Long Way Home, why does the narrator's girlfriend sometimes close his laptop and put it away?
she wants him to give up on his search
she believes that he is becoming too absorbed
she wants him to participate in the conversation
she fears that he will never succeed in finding his home
From a Long Way Home
A) The author uses vivid imagery to describe his surroundings.
B) The author reflects on his childhood memories.
C) The author discusses the challenges of his journey.
D) The author expresses his determination to find his home.
From a Long Way Home
A) The author recalls the exact name of his hometown.
B) The author remembers the language spoken in his hometown.
C) The author vividly describes the train station he remembers.
D) The author identifies the specific state he is from.
From a Long Way Home
A) To reconnect with his biological family.
B) To explore his cultural heritage.
C) To find closure and understand his past.
D) To write a book about his experiences.
From a Long Way Home
A) A school he attended as a child.
B) A train station that looks familiar.
C) A river that runs through his hometown.
D) A mountain range he remembers.
From a Long Way Home
A) He is confident and optimistic.
B) He is anxious and doubtful.
C) He is determined but struggles with emotions.
D) He is indifferent and detached.
