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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. When does Mitsuko awaken from a nap in Chapter 8?

2. What does Mitsuko promise to do while Enami goes for the doctor?

3. By Chapter 12, how many American tourists have arrived at the hotel with the Japanese group is staying?

4. Why does Tsu wear the type of clothing he does in Chapter 10?

5. Of what does Tsu dream when he goes to sleep in Chapteter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Kiguchi not done that he had planned to do when coming to India, and what is his consolation?

2. What did the Catholic priests tell Tsu he should do if he believed Gandhi's quote, and what does Tsu do?

3. Where does Isobe go despite concerns about civil unrest?

4. What do the other tourist who return from the Ganges tell Mitsuko they saw?

5. What does Tsu feel he is doing when he carries an old, dying woman to the river?

6. What does Isobe think about the fortuneteller he visits in Chapter 9?

7. What does Kiguchi do in remembrance of his friend and other dead soldiers?

8. Why does Isobe travel out to a village near the city?

9. What does Kiguchi say to Mitsuko on the bus about Americans and Japanese?

10. Why does Tsu leave Mitsuko after talking briefly with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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