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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. To whom does Isobe also lie when he leaves his wife's hospital room and goes home?
2. What does Keiko experience a few days before her death?
3. What is Enami's role in the group?
4. What wakes Mitsuko from a sound sleep at the seedy hotel?
5. What does Naruse Mitsuko think about after Isobe leaves the informational meeting?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Enami give the Japanese who are about to go to India on a tour?
2. What does the snake charmer in the garden do?
3. How does Numada cope with his parents' divorce proceedings?
4. What thoughts go through Isobe's mind about his wife as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?
5. What does Isobe learn about his wife in Chapter 1?
6. Who is helping to care for Isobe, and what does he ask her not to tell Keiko?
7. What do some of the students try to get Mitsuko to do concerning Tsu in Chapter 3, and to what is that likened?
8. What does Tsukada ask of Kiguchi ten years after the two encounter each other in Tokyo?
9. What is Numada's occupation, and what is he considering purchasing in Chapter 4?
10. What does Numada say to Enami about the trees in India?
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
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
Compare/contrast the characters of Isobe and Kiguchi. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Mitsuko and Tsu. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.
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