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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. Who is Moïra?

2. What does Isobe wonder about as he sits in his hotel room in Chapter 7?

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

4. What is the cause of Isobe's daughter leaving home?

5. What lie does Isobe tell his wife In Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do pilgrims go to the Ganges River?

2. What does Kiguchi ask Enami about doing while Kiguchi is in India?

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

4. Why dose Enami become irritated with the Sanja couple in Chapter 6?

5. Who does Mitsuko eventually marry?

6. Who is helping to care for Isobe, and what does he ask her not to tell Keiko?

7. How does Mitsuko feel about her time in the hospital?

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

9. What does Numada say to Enami about the trees in India?

10. What does Kiguchi think regarding Enami and the horrors Kiguchi exprienced in Burma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think Deep River would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think Deep River fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Mitsuko looks for Tsu several times in the book both in France and in India.

Discuss the reasons you think Mitsuko keeps looking for Tsu and if you think she has found what she is looking for. Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.

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