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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 happens to young children who die in the town where the tourists are in Chapter 7?

2. Who stays with Kiguchi in the jungle?

3. Who/what does Isobe's wife saying she has been talking to?

4. Where did Kiguchi fight during the war?

5. What do the Sanja's ask Numada to do in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the hornbill forced upon Numada by a pet-store owner come to mean to Numada?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why do pilgrims go to the Ganges River?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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