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

2. What is the weather like as Kiguchi and Tsukada walk in Chapter 5?

3. What does Enami say about the fighting where Kiguchi was in the war?

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

5. What instrument does Tsu play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Enami's warning to Mr. Sanja?

2. Who is helping to care for Isobe, and what does he ask her not to tell Keiko?

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

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

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

6. What thoughts go through Isobe's mind about his wife as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

10. How does Mitsuko feel about her time in the hospital?

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 the following:

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Deep River, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action-driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven or action-driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Deep River is? Explain your response.

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