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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. What is the one feeling the survivors of Hiroshima share?

2. What does Dr. Fujii do once his injuries begin to make progress?

3. What is the condition of one of the wounded people lying beside Miss Sasaki?

4. In Chapter 3, when Mr. Tanimoto reaches down to the river and takes a woman by the hand, what sickens him so much that he has to sit down?

5. In Chapter 2, the author writes that most people in Hiroshima were too busy or too weary or too badly hurt to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical, wanting to cry after feeling thirsty in the dreadful heat?

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

3. By midsummer, Mrs. Nakamura's savings are gone. How then does she survive?

4. What theory does Dr. Sasaki and his colleagues at the Red Cross Hospital make about the first stage of the radiation disease?

5. What are the views of the people of Hiroshima about the ethics of using the bomb?

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

7. What does Mr. Tanimoto see when he awakes in the first light of dawn, the first morning after the bombing?

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

9. Outside, what is the condition of the Red Cross Hospital?

10. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

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

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

The six characters of Hiroshima witness horrific deaths after the bombing.

1. How do the characters in the book view death, particularly of those who die as a result of the bombing? Cite three examples that supports your theory.

2. Is the book ever really far from the subject of death? Are there parts that deal with only life and vitality? Give three examples that supports your theory.

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