Hiroshima – Review Chapters 1-4 English 9 CP

Background Information (a) 1. Hiroshima was published in which magazine in 1946? 2. What was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima?

Hiroshima Background (b) 3. What was the name of the U.S. program to develop its own atomic bomb? What was the date of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima? 5. What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Hiroshima Background (c) 6. What was the name of the declaration that outline the terms of surrender for Japan? Who was the U.S. President who had to make the final decision to bomb Hiroshima? Who was the head scientist responsible for the U.S. Atomic Bomb Project?

Survivor Information (a) 1. Who was the closest to the center of the explosion at the time it occurred? 2. Who was the farthest from the center of the explosion? 3. Who owned a private hospital on the banks of the Kyo River?

Survivor Information (b) 4. Who turned to talk to a friend and was crushed under a bookcase? Who happened to be in the one building in the area that had been reinforced for earthquakes? Who had been made ill by the wartime diet even before the bomb hit?

Survivor Information (c) 7. Who made an illegal house call to sick people near his mother’s house? 8. Who was employed by the East Asia Tin Works? 9. Who tried to move his belongings to the home of a friend? 10. Who chose not to leave home to go to the “safe place” during the last air raid?

Multiple Choice Which of the following injuries or discomforts was not commonly experienced by survivors of the bomb? Burns Vomiting Malaise Increase in appetite

Multiple Choice The survivors were amazed when they looked out over the city after the bomb. Why? The entire city was engulfed in a fireball There were no buildings standing Much of the city was giving off a thick, dreadful miasma The city was in much better shape than anyone had expected it to be.

Multiple Choice What was the doctor-to-patient ratio at the Red Cross Hospital after the bombing? 5,000 to 1 8,000 to 1 8 to 10,000 1 to 1

Multiple Choice Which plants that sprouted up after the destruction were considered strangely appropriate or ironic? Spanish bayonets and feverfew Panic grass and feverfew Day lilies and sickle senna Clothbur and panic grass

Multiple Choice What happened at 11:02 am on 9 August 1945? Japan retaliated and bombed Pearl Harbor The war was offically ended, and peace was declared There was a huge earthquake that leveled the city and killed most of the bomb survivors The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Multiple Choice 6. What disease was becoming common among survivors? Hypertension Leukemia Meningitis Tuberculosis

Multiple Choice What were the estimated casualties just after the bomb hit? Over 78,000 had been killed; 14,000 missing and 37,000 more were hurt. Half of the population, or 122,000 were dead or wounded. The others were safe All but 50 in the city were dead 200,000 were hurt and 50,000 were dead

Multiple Choice 8. Which terms best describe the mood of the Japanese people after Emperor Hirohito’s radio speech about losing the war? Angry and hopeless at giving up so much, only to lose in the end Joyful that their lives could now get back to normal c. Intensely grateful that the emperor had allowed them to hear his voice, and accepting of the idea that they lost to ensure peace in the world d. Fearful that Americans would try to take over their country and rule it as their own