View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Halsuyo Nakamura's profession?

2. Prior to the bombing, what happens to Hiroshima's population?

3. What does Mrs. Nakamura do with the sewing machine prior to leaving her home?

4. What is Miss Toshinki Sasaki's profession?

5. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge.

2. What is the weather at Asano Park like?

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

4. Describe Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura.

5. The day of the bombing, what is Mr. Tanimoto's morning like?

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

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

8. What explains why so many citizens who are hurt go unattended and why so many citizens who might have lived die?

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

10. What is Mrs. Nakamura doing the morning of the bombing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hiroshima bomb victims experience various types of discrimination.

1. Discuss which characters suffered the most discrimination and describe the type of discrimination they experienced.

2. How did some of the characters overcome the discrimination shown to the atomic bomb victims?

3. Did the discrimination continue with the next generation, the victims' children, or did society change its views by then? Cite three examples that support your theory.

Essay Topic 2

"There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books," the words at the end of Chapter 1. What is the author saying about technology and the atomic age in this quotation? Cite three examples that prove your theory.

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 821 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample