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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. What is Mitsuko determined to make Tsu do in their school days?

2. How did Isobe view his wife when she was alive?

3. What does Tsukada confess to Kiguchi about the meat Tsukada brought him?

4. What instrument does Tsu play?

5. What lines the route of Kiguchi and Tsukada's retreat?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what does Isobe tell Mitsuko he is searching?

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

3. What does the snake charmer in the garden do?

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

5. What does Numada say to Enami about the trees in India?

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

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

8. What information does Enami give the Japanese who are about to go to India on a tour?

9. What does Isobe learn about his wife in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kiguchi is taking a tour to India.

Discuss what Kiguchi hopes to find in India and the ultimate outcome of that hope. Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Isobe cannot let go of his wife, in part because he never fulfilled their connection in life.

Discuss what you think is meant by the above statement. Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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