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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 Dr. Fujii offer the Jesuit when they find him at eleven o'clock in the morning?

2. To the Japanese, what is a greater moral responsibility than adequate care of the living?

3. What do Japanese scientists announce after having investigated Hiroshima?

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

5. What happens to Mr. Tanimoto's health a few weeks after the bombing?

Short Essay Questions

1. By mid-September, what is Dr. Sasaki's condition at the Red Cross Hospital?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Mr. Tanimoto see when he goes to find a doctor at an aid station?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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