The Narrow Road to the Deep North / Matsuo Basho

Test Practice

Identify Main Ideas

With a partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. What idea does the imagery in the third haiku present?
a. Friendship is as strong as a stag.
b. Friends may take separate paths but continue to be connected.
c. A friend may hurt you like being pierced by a stag’s antler.
d. Nobody knows what road life will take us on.


How does information you gather as you read help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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