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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mitsuko enjoy sex with Tsu?

2. Where is Numada headed on the plane in Chapter 4?

3. What pet does Numada get as an adult that his wife does not like?

4. What does Numada learn about Isobe when Numada asks his advice about the present?

5. What does Keiko dream that Isobe does?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why dose Enami become irritated with the Sanja couple in Chapter 6?

2. How does Numada cope with his parents' divorce proceedings?

3. What does the hornbill forced upon Numada by a pet-store owner come to mean to Numada?

4. What story does Gaston tell Tsukada when he confesses about the meat in Burma?

5. What does Kiguchi ask Enami about doing while Kiguchi is in India?

6. Why is Li forced to leave the employ of Numada's famly?

7. What does Kiguchi think regarding Enami and the horrors Kiguchi exprienced in Burma?

8. What happens to the myna bird Numada acquires, as described in Chapter 4?

9. In Kiguchi's flashback, how do the soldiers feed themselves along the Highway of Death?

10. How is Tsu thought of by the French priests?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reincarnation is talked about throughout the book.

Discuss what you think are the characters’ and the author’s view on reincarnation. Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Numada's story also brings up the theme of sacrifice. The myna bird sacrifices its life for Numada's.

Why do you think Numada believes the myna gave up its life for him? Discuss reasons Numada feels such a deep connection with animals. Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Deep River. Trace and analyze one major theme of Deep River. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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