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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. Where is Tsu staying in Chapter 9?

2. Why does Isobe visit a fortuneteller?

3. What does Mitsuko imitate when she is trying to offer comfort to someone?

4. What do the Catholic priests tell Tsu about believing in the quote from Chapter 11?

5. How does Tsu respond to the priests' words, as described in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance is there to the next day, October 31st?

2. Of what are the tourists concerned after the assassination in Chapter 9?

3. What does Mitsuko hear Kiguchi say in his feverish sleep?

4. What does Numada do with the myna bird he bought?

5. What does Isobe think as he throws his empty bottle into the river in Chapter 10?

6. What does Tsu tell Mitsuko as to why he dresses as he does?

7. When do the Hindus and Tsu rise in the morning?

8. What has Kiguchi read recently about good and evil?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes Deep River interesting. Discuss the following:

Thoroughly discuss and analyze Isobe. What are his strengths and weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the same criteria to thoroughly discuss and analyze Kiguchi and Mitsuko.

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Shusaku Endo. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Endo's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Endo's probable agenda concerning that idea.

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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