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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. At Asano Park, how do the wounded die?

2. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

3. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

4. What do the Japanese call the B-29?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the reasons people pour into Asano Park?

2. After the bomb hits, what does Mr. Tanimoto see from the mound in the garden?

3. Describe Reverend Mr. Tanimoto.

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

5. Describe Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura.

6. What puzzles Dr. Fujii and his doctor friend about what they see after the bombing?

7. How does Mrs. Nakamura and her children spend the night prior to the bombing?

8. What is the atmosphere like at Asano Park?

9. Describe Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge.

10. What steps does Mrs. Nakamura take after the bombing?

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

The Japanese government's response to the bombing.

1) Why is the government slow to respond to the victims of the bombing? Cite three examples from the book.

2) When and why does the government begin to respond to the citizens of Hiroshima who were affected by the bomb?

3) How do the characters in the book view their government's response to the bomb? Do they blame their government for the Hiroshima bombing? What about the bombing of Nagasaki? Cite three examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

John Hersey describes the characters as having "good" or "bad" luck.

1. Does this attitude of having "good" or "bad" luck belong to the particular characters' views or is it the author's description? Cite three examples that support your theory.

2. Which characters in the book may, or are likely to, accept the concept of you make your own luck, and why?

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