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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 does Isobe observe a group of Indians do in Chapter 10?

2. What does Isobe warn Mr. Sanja to forgo photographing?

3. About what has Kiguchi been reading in Chapter 12?

4. Why does Isobe visit a fortuneteller?

5. What does Tsu try to do for Mr. Sanja in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sanja intend to do when he comes downstairs the next morning in Chapter 13, and about what does Isobe warn him?

2. How does Sanja think he will make a name for himself as a photographer?

3. What do Mitsuko and Numada witness, and what are Mitsuko's feelings about the event?

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

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

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

7. Where is Tsu staying in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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 the following:

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think Deep River would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think Deep River fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Deep River. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Endo chooses the symbols he does? Consider the symbols of the myna bird, the Ginko tree and the Ganges in your discussion.

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