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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 is the only person in the restaurant where Numada goes after a shower in Chapter 6?

2. Where do pilgrims come to bathe?

3. What does Enami become irritated about concerning the Sanja's in Chapter 6?

4. Who is Ch'mund'?

5. What does Isobe write about his wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Numada's occupation, and what is he considering purchasing in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Enami's favorite Hindu goddess?

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

10. What does Tsukada ask of Kiguchi ten years after the two encounter each other in Tokyo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deep River belongs to the historical fiction genre. Discuss the following:

Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the historical fiction genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel? What do you think is the difference between a historical fiction and a historical novel or mystery?

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

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.

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