from A Long Way Home

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

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

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

• He looks at picture every train station in all of India.

• He traces the rives of India from the sea inland.

• He scans the entire map for landmarks.

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

• She wants him to give up.

• She is worried he might be too obsessed with the search.

• She wants his attention.

• She doesn't believe he will succeed in finding his home.

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

Which of the following situations best illustrates the meaning of the word QUEST?

• Alex has trouble understanding the author's ideas.

• Bonita will ride her horse in the annual competition.

• Caroline always raises her hand during the presentations.

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

If you do a thorough cleaning of your room, which of the following is most likely true? Base your answer on the meaning of the word THOROUGH.

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

• You divide the room into fours and clean a little bit of each.

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

• You use cleaning products that mask unpleasant odors.

If a runner relentlessly trains for a race, which of the following is most likely to be true? Base your answer on the meaning of RELENTLESSLY.

• She does not accept help from a trainer.

• She exercises intensely and constantly.

• She runs faster each day that she trains.

• She acts harshly toward fellow runners.

"Still, even with the possibility of some winding, irregular paths out of Howrah, there was also a limit to how far I could have been transported in the time frame. I’d spent, I thought, a long time on the train—somewhere between twelve and fifteen hours. If I made some calculations, I could narrow the search field, ruling out places too far away."                                                                                                             Why can the narrator now “narrow the search field”?

• He guesses that his home was less than 15 hours from Howrah Station.

• He recognizes one of the irregular paths out of Howrah Station.

• He feels confident that faraway places do not connect to Howrah Station.

• He realizes that the winding paths from Howrah Station do not go very far.

In the selection from A Long Way Home, what is ESPECIALLY difficult about the narrator’s search?

• The search covers a huge area.

• The search is in a foreign country.

• The narrator no longer speaks Hindi.

• The narrator remembers no landmarks.