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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. On August 18th, what does Father Kleinsorge use his suitcase for?

2. In Chapter 3, what gesture makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical and want to cry suddenly?

3. At the Red Cross Hospital, how many doctors are available for ten thousand patients?

4. What does the doctor tell Father Kleinsorge at the hospital?

5. Why does Mr. Tanaka expect all the doctors of Hiroshima to come to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Japanese react to their Emperor's radio broadcast?

2. How do the Nakamura children spend the night at Asano Park the day of the bombing?

3. What happens to Mrs. Nakamura's physical condition a few weeks after the bombing?

4. What is Dr. Fujii doing a month after the bombing?

5. What does Mr. Tanimoto see when he goes to find a doctor at an aid station?

6. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

7. What affect does Father Kleinsorge's answers to Miss Sasaki's questions about life have on her health?

8. What are the Japanese physicists' concern about the bomb and what do they do about it?

9. What in particular makes Miss Sasaki uneasy when she sees the ruins of Hiroshima for the first time?

10. After Mr. Tanimoto rescues the people from the sandpit, what stirs his rage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of the six characters, Dr. Fujii is the one least affected physically by the bombing and the Reverend Tanimoto's experience is the exact opposite.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the two men's ailments or lack of after the bombing and up until their death.

Part 2) What types of lifestyles do these men have after the war is over?

Essay Topic 2

After the bomb drops, Dr. Sasaki and Mr. Tanimoto put a great deal of efforts in helping others.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Dr. Sasaki and the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto. How are they the same? How are they different?

Part 2) In general, who works harder, Dr. Sasaki or Mr. Tanimoto? Cite three examples from the book to support your case.

Part 3) How are the two men affected differently/similarly by what happens to Hiroshima? Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Weeks after the explosion, people experience radiation sickness.

1. How were some of the characters able to excel despite radiation sickness? Would the characters have been able to push as far had they not experienced the trauma of the atomic bomb and radiation sickness?

2. What immediate actions could the Japanese or other governments, like that of the United states, have done to help ease the peoples' radiation sickness?

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