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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 first army doctor who sees Miss Sasaki say?

2. Why doesn't Mrs. Nakamura see a doctor for her ailments?

3. In trying to rebuild the city, what is the Planning Conference in Hiroshima at a loss to?

4. Who eventually comes looking for Miss Sasaki and finds her?

5. What is the condition of one of the wounded people lying beside Miss Sasaki?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical, wanting to cry after feeling thirsty in the dreadful heat?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Trying to make a "home" in a foreign land.

1. Discuss how Father Kleinsorge attempts to make a home in a foreign land. Cite three examples that prove your theory.

2. Does Father Kleinsorge reach out to people or attempt to create a community in Japan out of need, service, or generosity?

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