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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator call the police in Chapter 11?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where does Uma go?

3. Why has the elderly woman come to the guesthouse?

4. What sounds did the father use to teach his daughter music?

5. How does the elderly woman's daughter lose her baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "healing" in "A River Sutra": how are medicine, science, and fact placed side by side with faith and belief?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the Narmada river functions as a character in "A River Sutra".

Essay Topic 3

Discuss paternity and childhood in "A River Sutra". Where can this type of relationship be seen in the text? Who is involved, and how does it drive the plot?

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