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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 a shortwave rebroadcast announcement by the President of the United States do?

2. A year after the bomb is dropped, Miss Sasaki is...

3. In Chapter 3, what gesture makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical and want to cry suddenly?

4. As symptoms of radiation disease reveal themselves, it becomes clear that many of them resemble the effects of...

5. What do the civilians hear on the radio that brings them tears?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In trying to rescue the 20 or so men and women in the sandpit, what makes Mr. Tanimoto sick?

4. After Mr. Tanimoto rescues the people from the sandpit, what stirs his rage?

5. How does President Truman describe the atomic bomb during his radio announcement?

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

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

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

9. After he feels better, why is Father Kleinsorge able to enjoy himself at the hospital in Tokyo?

10. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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 2

Miss Sasaki and Mrs. Nakamura are the two women among the six main characters.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Miss Sasaki and Mrs. Nakamura. How are they different? How are they the same?

Part 2) What are Mrs. Nakamura's major struggles following the bombing? What are Miss Sasaki's major struggles? How do these women's lives turn out in the end?

Part 3) How would Mrs. Nakamura's life and Miss Sasaki's life been different had they had men in their lives?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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