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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 does the doctor tell Father Kleinsorge at the hospital?

2. What are the people at Asano Park promised by a young officer?

3. After 19 straight hours of gruesome work, what does Dr. Sasaki and other survivors of the hospital staff do?

4. Why is it several days before the survivors of Hiroshima know about the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

5. On August 7th, what radio broadcast announcement do the Japanese make?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

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

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

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

10. Who does Mr. Tanimoto keep trying to avoid at the park?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John Hersey mentions several times the Japanese's indifference towards the ethics of using the atomic bomb.

1) Discuss the roots of this Japanese attitude.

2) Is Hersey being objective about the subject of the Japanese's attitude towards the atomic bomb or is he telling only one side of it, keeping out the attitudes of those who feel otherwise?

Essay Topic 2

The dropping of the atomic bomb causes the world to strongly react to avoid another similar catastrophe. Describe the various types of peace organizations that were established after the war, what their purposes were, and and whether or not they accomplished what they set out to do.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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