HIROSHIMA
Study Guide 1
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Use the questions below to guide your reading and understanding of the book. Preview the questions before you begin to read each chapter. List brief information in the space after each question, or write more complete answers in a journal or notebook. r Chapter 1: “A NOISELESS FLASH” 1. List the six characters in order of presentation (1-­‐2). _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 2. What details does the author use to identify each of these characters? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What two professions recur in the character list? What particularly pertinent concerns might people in these professions have after an atomic bombing? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How far was each character from the center of the explosion? _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 5. Which of the six characters are worried about being foreign in some way? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. After the flash and ensuing chaos, what is the first thing each character sees or hears? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity Sheet 2
Zobel/WorldLit/Hiroshima/StdyGd 1
HIROSHIMA
Study Guide 1
Name ___________________________________
7. In exactly what predicament is each character after the blast? What must each do immediately? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What fact, action, or bit of luck might have saved each character? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity Sheet 2
Zobel/WorldLit/Hiroshima/StdyGd 1