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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. How old is Amy in Section 2, Chapter 10?
2. Who is the woman that Dorrigo is in bed with when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?
3. What are the prisoners ordered to retrieve from the mud in Section 3, Chapter 1?
4. Where is Dorrigo as he awaits orders in the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 1?
5. Which of Darky's men finds the coffee as the men await orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dorrigo observe at the prison camp with English prisoners in Section 1 of the novel?
2. How would you describe the setting where Dorrigo grows up?
3. In Section 1, Dorrigo recalls an interview during which a journalist asks why Japan was bombed twice. What response does Dorrigo give to the interviewer?
4. What internal conflicts does Dorrigo face in Section 2, Chapter 5?
5. How does the author depict the Japanese viewpoint of surrender in Section 1, Chapter 14?
6. What is Dorrigo's familial relationship with Keith and Amy Mulvaney?
7. Where is Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 1? What is he doing in this setting?
8. What personality trait stands out the most in Dorrigo's character from the beginning of the novel?
9. Who gives Nakamura new orders in Section 2, Chapter 14? What are the orders?
10. How are Dorrigo's circumstances described in Section 1, Chapter 11? What is Dorrigo's position?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the themes of romantic and sexual longing in The Narrow Road to the Deep North. How are these themes connected to Dorrigo? What choices does Dorrigo make in the story based on romantic and/or sexual longing?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the Yasukuni Shrine and the Book of Souls. How many individuals are memorialized in the Book of Souls? How many of these individuals were found guilty of war crimes? What do you think is the significance of the author’s allusion to this memorial?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the characters of Jimmy Bigelow, Rabbit Hendricks, and Lizard Brancussi in the novel. What is each of these men’s talent? What attributes stand out for each character? Which of the characters in the novel do you most relate to? Why?
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