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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 takes the sketchbook that falls out of the fire in Section 3, Chapter 13?

2. What does Amy take off the first time she meets Dorrigo?

3. Who are Amy and Keith playing cards with in Section 2, Chapter 25?

4. What does Dorrigo awake to discover that Amy has left for him in Section 2, Chapter 12?

5. What is the greatest obstacle that Dorrigo faces as a surgeon during his time in the POW camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Amy describe the beginning of her relationship with Keith in Section 2, Chapter 20?

2. How would you describe the setting where Dorrigo grows up?

3. How has Darky Gardiner come into possession of a duck egg in Section 3, Chapter 1?

4. How is the character of Tiny Middleton described in Section 3, Chapter 1? What do the other prisoners think of Tiny?

5. What event leads to the surrender of Dorrigo and his men in Section 1, Chapter 13?

6. 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?

7. Where is Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 1? What is he doing in this setting?

8. What does the reader learn about Dorrigo's later life in Section 2, Chapter 5?

9. How does the author depict the Japanese viewpoint of surrender in Section 1, Chapter 14?

10. How are Amy's circumstances described in Section 2, Chapter 15? What internal conflicts is she grappling with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting established in Section 1, Chapters 1-2. What town does Dorrigo’s family live in? How big is it? How important is the setting to the story? What is the importance of this setting to Dorrigo?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of the POW camp in Siam where Dorrigo and his men are imprisoned during World War II. How many prisoners are held at the camp? What are the conditions like for the prisoners? What is the historical significance of this camp?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author’s depictions of gender in The Narrow Road to the Deep North. What were gender expectations like for women in the 1940s when the novel takes place? Do you think that the women in the story adhere to those gender standards? Why or why not? Are the women in the novel portrayed as three-dimensionally as the men?

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