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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. Who asks Mitsuko about her religion?

2. About what has Kiguchi been reading in Chapter 12?

3. Where is Tsu staying in Chapter 9?

4. What tension are the tourists not aware of concerning the Sikhs?

5. Where does Tsu return at the opening of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Kiguchi not done that he had planned to do when coming to India, and what is his consolation?

2. Where does Isobe go despite concerns about civil unrest?

3. What has Kiguchi read recently about good and evil?

4. What do Mitsuko and Numada witness, and what are Mitsuko's feelings about the event?

5. Why does Isobe travel out to a village near the city?

6. Of what are the tourists concerned after the assassination in Chapter 9?

7. What does Tsu say when Mitsuko asks if he believes in reincarnation?

8. What does Tsu feel he is doing when he carries an old, dying woman to the river?

9. What do the other tourist who return from the Ganges tell Mitsuko they saw?

10. What does Isobe witness as he is getting drunk and wandering the streets in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Isobe seems lost without his wife. He goes to India after her death.

What are Isobe reasons for traveling to India? Are his expectations fulfilled? Does he find anything worthwhile in India? What might it be? Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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