SparkNotes: Hiroshima: Quiz

1. Which of the following is not a symptom of radiation sickness?

(A) Hair loss

(B) Low blood count

(C) Sinus infections

(D) Spot hemorrhages

2. Who or what is “Mr. B”?

(A) Head of the neighborhood association

(B) Toshio Nakamura's friend

(C) A B-29 bomber

(D) A Japanese fishing vessel

3. Which of the following does Hersey believes about his six characters?

(A) They are some of the luckiest of the survivors

(B) They are some of the unluckiest of the survivors

(C) They are a fairly representative sample of people

(D) They are fairly unified in their views about the bomb

4. Which character is completely uninjured by the bomb?

(A) Toshio Nakamura

(B) Dr. Fujii

(C) Miss Sasaki

(D) Father Kleinsorge

5. Father Siemes's report to the Holy See in Rome can be characterized as which of the following?

(A) It is in support of the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

(B) It is in opposition to the use of the bomb

(C) It is unconcerned with the ethics of using the bomb

(D) It is unsure about the ethics of using the bomb

6. What did the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima contain?

(A) Plutonium

(B) Uranium

(C) Iridium

(D) Magnesium

7. A keloid is a type of which of the following?

(A) Scar Tissue

(B) Burn

(C) Infection

(D) Chemical used in the atomic bomb

8. Which of the following is correct about Father Makoto Takakura?

(A) He is one of the Reverend Tanimoto's colleagues

(B) He is a Jesuit who perished in the explosion

(C) He is a Jesuit who refuses to leave the mission house

(D) It is Father Kleinsorge's new Japanese name

9. What is “The Faith That Grew Out of the Ashes?”

(A) A tract written by Father Kleinsorge

(B) A speech given by Mr. Tanimoto in America

(C) Miss Sasaki's speech at her honorary ceremony

(D) A later article written by John Hersey

10. Who are the Hiroshima Maidens?

(A) The convent of nuns that Miss Sasaki joins

(B) A sewing group started by Mrs. Nakamura

(C) A group of badly burned women who require plastic surgery

(D) A group of women who work to support the war effort

11. Why does Mr. Tanimoto volunteer to become head of the Neighborhood Association?

(A) He is thought of as being sympathetic to Americans

(B) It is a good way to spread his religious message to the local populace

(C) He thinks it will help him raise money for his peace project

(D) The Japanese government provides housing subsidies to city volunteers

12. Why does Dr. Fujii benefit in the postwar years?

(A) The influx of Americans into Japan helps his clinic

(B) After his clinic is destroyed, he is able to collect a large insurance policy

(C) He starts a hospital for Japanese soldiers, which is subsidized by the government

(D) He inherits a large sum of money from his father, who died in the explosion

13. Which of the following is one of Dr. Sasaki's regrets about his time at the Red Cross hospital?

(A) A patient whom he neglected died because of superficial wounds

(B) He was unable to help cure Miss Sasaki's leg infection

(C) The hospital cremated bodies in mass graves with no labels

(D) The hospital prioritized those with light wounds over those who were seriously wounded

14. Which of the following is not a theory, advanced in the book, about the nature of the American attack?

(A) The Americans had sprayed gasoline on the roofs of houses, making the fire easier to spread

(B) The Americans had dropped bombs on combustible targets that they knew would explode

(C) The Americans had dropped a “Molotov flower basket,” a self-scattering cluster of bombs

(D) American parachutists had infiltrated the city

15. Where is Father Kleinsorge at the moment the bomb is dropped?

(A) Reading a Jesuit magazine

(B) Reciting his morning prayers

(C) Sleeping

(D) Having breakfast with Father Schiffer

16. Why does the East Parade Ground doctor refuse to help the wounded at Asano Park?

(A) Because it is too far away

(B) Because he is selfish and lazy

(C) Because he is too badly wounded to help

(D) Because there is no hope for the heavily wounded in an emergency

17. Japan capitulates after which of the following happens?

(A) The Americans drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

(B) The Americans drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki

(C) The Americans firebomb Tokyo

(D) The Americans conduct a hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Island

18. Which of the following countries did not have nuclear capabilities in 1974?

(A) India

(B) France

(C) Germany

(D) China

19. What is Lucky Dragon No. Five?

(A) A Hiroshima restaurant that became a makeshift hospital

(B) The plane that dropped the atomic bomb

(C) The title of the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto's memoirs

(D) A Japanese fishing vessel irradiated by hydrogen bomb tests

20. Which of the following people was not in Hiroshima during the explosion?

(A) Mr. Yoshida

(B) Father Siemes

(C) Mr. Fukai

(D) Mr. Tanaka

21. What sudden change in Hiroshima gives Miss Sasaki the creeps?

(A) The destroyed houses and buildings

(B) The fallen bridges

(C) The thick, new growth of wildflowers

(D) The hundreds of scientists

22. What does Dr. Fujii do after the war?

(A) Builds a clinic for older people

(B) Spends most of his time partying

(C) Operates on Miss Sasaki's leg

(D) Operates on some of the Hiroshima Maidens

23. What does Mr. Tanimoto do in a speech given at the U.S. Senate?

(A) He thanks the Americans for their generosity

(B) He criticizes Truman for not warning the citizens of Hiroshima about the bomb

(C) He encourages the U.S. government to help reconstruct Hiroshima

(D) He pleads the case of the Hiroshima Maidens

24. Dr. Sasaki would have most likely have been killed in the blast if he had not done which of the following?

(A) Stepped outside the hospital for a break when the bomb dropped

(B) Been working in the X-ray lab when the bomb dropped

(C) Taken an earlier train than usual

(D) Been standing next to an open window when the bomb dropped

25. What does the Japanese word hibakusha mean?

(A) Survivors

(B) Explosion-affected persons

(C) Burn victims

(D) Uninjured persoens