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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the elderly woman's daughter taken after she is kidnapped?

2. Why does the narrator go to see Tariq Mia in Chapter 11?

3. Why does the narrator go to visit Tariq Mia in Chapter 14?

4. What people does Rahul Singh kill?

5. What is the Naga Baba preparing to celebrate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the necessity of "understanding" and "renouncing" the world in "A River Sutra".

Part 1) How must one do this? What is to be gained?

Part 2) How does the narrator attempt this? What are his flaws?

Essay Topic 2

How do the array of religions used in "A River Sutra" add to the narrator's spiritual journey? What statement does it make about spirituality? India?

Essay Topic 3

Several characters attempt suicide in "A River Sutra". Discuss this compulsion amongst characters.

Part 1) Success and failure.

Part 2) Individual situation and reason.

Part 3) A blanket, overall condition with enlightenment.

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