A Long Way Home - Things to Know

​Word Study

• Suffix "-ive" means "tending to"

• To find the definition of the word put the suffix meaning + the root word together

  • Examples: Active = Tending to act

Concept Vocabulary

Be able to use these words in a sentence:

• Quest

• Thorough

• Relentlessly

• Possessive

PArt A & B Questions

When you have a question that has a part A and a part B, know that the answers to both questions should match each other. They won't always use the exact same words, but they will have the same central idea.

PArt A & B Questions Example

Part A

In the selection, what is especially difficult about the narrator's search?

A. The search covers a huge area

B. The search is in a foreign country

C. The narrator no longer speaks Hindi

D. The narrator remembers no landmarks

A. "I came from a place where Muslims and Hindus lived in close proximity and where Hindi was spoken."

B. "It was a staggering amount of territory, covering some 962,300 square kilometers, over a quarter of India's huge landmass."

​Part B Choices

The search covers a large area.

Which quote best shows that his search covered a large area?

Part A Answer