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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 happened in the forests the tourists traveled through when the British were still in charge in India?

2. How long after death do Buddhists believe a soul is reborn?

3. How does Mr. Sanja see this trip as part of his work?

4. What does Keiko urge Isobe to do as she comes out of a coma for a minute?

5. What kind of books does Numada write?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. About what does Mrs. Sanja complain while riding on the bus?

3. What does Keiko ask Isobe to do as she wakes briefly from a coma before she dies?

4. What do some of the students try to get Mitsuko to do concerning Tsu in Chapter 3, and to what is that likened?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when Mitsuko tires of sleeping with Tsu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:

What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in Deep River and what they foreshadow. How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?

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