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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. Why does Dr. Fujii have to get up early on the morning the bomb is dropped?

2. What is one of the reasons that people pour into Asano Park?

3. Mostly, what food is brought back from the shelter for the wounded?

4. Before the bomb falls, what does everyone in Hiroshima expect to suffer?

5. After being at the park for a while, what becomes the peoples' concern?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Reverend Mr. Tanimoto.

2. How does Mr. Fukai, the secretary of the diocese, behave after Hiroshima is hit by the bomb?

3. Describe Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura.

4. What is the atmosphere like at Asano Park?

5. Describe Dr. Terufumi Sasaki.

6. What are the weather and conditions like as Dr. Fujii walks over the bridge after the bombing?

7. How does Dr. Sasaki work at the Red Cross Hospital under the horrific circumstances?

8. What does Mr. Tanimoto encounter on his way to and from finding his wife and baby?

9. Describe Dr. Masakazu Fujii and his lifestyle prior to the bombing.

10. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki get up at 3 o'clock in the morning the day the bomb falls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The dropping of the atomic bomb causes the world to strongly react to avoid another similar catastrophe. Describe the various types of peace organizations that were established after the war, what their purposes were, and and whether or not they accomplished what they set out to do.

Essay Topic 2

Miss Sasaki and Mrs. Nakamura are the two women among the six main characters.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Miss Sasaki and Mrs. Nakamura. How are they different? How are they the same?

Part 2) What are Mrs. Nakamura's major struggles following the bombing? What are Miss Sasaki's major struggles? How do these women's lives turn out in the end?

Part 3) How would Mrs. Nakamura's life and Miss Sasaki's life been different had they had men in their lives?

Essay Topic 3

After the atomic bomb, nature revives itself.

1. Discuss what the greenery that Miss Sasaki finds in Chapter 4 represents in relations to the destruction caused by the bomb.

2. What other roles does nature, things like the storm and water, play in the city's destruction/revival or in people's lives? Cite examples to prove your theory.

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