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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, after Father Kleinsorge tries to settle down for the night, prays, and falls asleep, what wakes him up?

2. What does Dr. Sasaki eventually get permission from the Red Cross Hospital to do?

3. What does the rumor being spread about the atomic bomb do to Mrs. Nakamura and her children?

4. What does the doctor tell Mother Superior about Father Kleinsorge?

5. How does Mrs. Nakamura react when her sewing machine is retrieved?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Miss Sasaki think about while at the hospital and why?

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

9. How does Miss Sasaki spend the first night of the bombing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

After the bombing the Japanese are stoic in a number of ways. Describe the various ways that the Japanese show stoicism and explain what roots and relationships the characters have to their heritage and government. Cite three examples that prove your theory.

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