Hiroshima Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Hiroshima Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where is the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto's wife and baby when the bomb falls?

2. What is the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto doing when the bomb drops?

3. What do the Japanese call the B-29?

4. Mr. Tanimoto carries water from the river to the people, an act which...

5. What do Mr. Tanimoto and Father Kleinsorge eat from the garden on the way to the shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Terufumi Sasaki.

2. How does Mrs. Nakamura and her children spend the night prior to the bombing?

3. What puzzles Dr. Fujii and his doctor friend about what they see after the bombing?

4. What is the manner in which Miss Sasaki is rescued?

5. How does Dr. Sasaki work at the Red Cross Hospital under the horrific circumstances?

6. What is the atmosphere like at Asano Park?

7. Describe Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge.

8. What are the weather and conditions like as Dr. Fujii walks over the bridge after the bombing?

9. After the bomb hits, what does Mr. Tanimoto see from the mound in the garden?

10. Describe Dr. Masakazu Fujii and his lifestyle prior to the bombing.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

John Hersey describes the characters as having "good" or "bad" luck.

1. Does this attitude of having "good" or "bad" luck belong to the particular characters' views or is it the author's description? Cite three examples that support your theory.

2. Which characters in the book may, or are likely to, accept the concept of you make your own luck, and why?

Essay Topic 3

After the atomic bomb, nature revives itself.

1. Discuss what the greenery that Miss Sasaki finds in Chapter 4 represents in relations to the destruction caused by the bomb.

2. What other roles does nature, things like the storm and water, play in the city's destruction/revival or in people's lives? Cite examples to prove your theory.

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