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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 the hospital delay doing in hopes of giving Keiko a longer life?

2. What is said about the area where Numada is raised?

3. Who stays with Kiguchi in the jungle?

4. What do ill pilgrims have done to their bodies when they die?

5. What does Enami become irritated about concerning the Sanja's in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Gaston tell Tsukada when he confesses about the meat in Burma?

2. What does Isobe learn about his wife in Chapter 1?

3. What is Numada's occupation, and what is he considering purchasing in Chapter 4?

4. Why do pilgrims go to the Ganges River?

5. What information does Enami give the Japanese who are about to go to India on a tour?

6. In Kiguchi's flashback, how do the soldiers feed themselves along the Highway of Death?

7. About what does Mrs. Sanja complain while riding on the bus?

8. What thoughts go through Isobe's mind about his wife as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?

9. What does Tsukada confess to Kiguchi about how Tsukada managed to feed Kiguchi during the war in Burma?

10. What does the hornbill forced upon Numada by a pet-store owner come to mean to Numada?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:

What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in Deep River and what they foreshadow. How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?

Essay Topic 3

Reincarnation is talked about throughout the book.

Discuss what you think are the characters’ and the author’s view on reincarnation. Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

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