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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. From a young age, the monk's father taught him to be what?

2. What about Rima's marriage distresses Nitin?

3. What is special about Imrat?

4. Why is the narrator concerned about Nitin running off?

5. Mr. Changla explains that Nitin's denial of _____ is what lead to his insanity.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is society's relationship with Naga Babas?

2. Is the narrator obsessive compulsive?

3. What is the narrator's dilemma with bringing Nitin back to the guesthouse after he's released from the hospital.

4. Why is the elderly woman's daughter kidnapped?

5. What is Tariq Mia's advice about "destiny" and how does it contradict to what the narrator has been told through the book?

6. Is the daughter trusting of Rahul Singh?

7. What is the significance of the guns in Chapter 11?

8. Why does Master Mohan kill himself?

9. Why does the narrator take the job at the guesthouse?

10. Does the narrator begin to feel more of an authority on the subject of tribal rituals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the course of change our narrator experiences: stretch from before the beginning of "A River Sutra" to the end, reasons for change, and where we leave him at the end.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of storytelling or folklore in "A River Sutra".

Part 1) How does it aid to the portrait of religion?

Part 2) How does it aid to the portrait of India?

Part 3) How does it aid to the portrait of enlightenment?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of music around the Narmada in "A River Sutra".

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