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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dr. Sasaki work?
(a) The Red Cross Hospital.
(b) A private clinic.
(c) Hiroshima Hospital.
(d) The Hiroshima University hospital.

2. Who does the prefecture order to help clear the fire lanes?
(a) The boys from secondary schools.
(b) The girls from secondary schools.
(c) The female students from colleges and universities.
(d) The male students from colleges and universities.

3. What does Mr. Tanimoto take from the five dead men in the river?
(a) He takes their glasses.
(b) He takes their wallets.
(c) He takes their boat.
(d) He takes their food.

4. How does Mr. Tarimoto react when he sees his wife?
(a) He says, "Oh, you are safe."
(b) He embraces her and their baby.
(c) He weeps and expresses how worried he'd been about them.
(d) He is horrified by the sight of her wounds.

5. After being at the park for a while, what becomes the peoples' concern?
(a) They fear the water they've drank is contaminated.
(b) They fear they won't be safe at the park until morning.
(c) They are hungry and beg for food.
(d) They are in a lot of pain and beg for medication.

6. In general, the survivors of Hiroshima...
(a) They only assisted the women, children and elders.
(b) They assisted only their relatives or immediate neighbors.
(c) They were too shocked to help anyone but themselves.
(d) They tried to help everyone around them.

7. Where is the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto's wife and baby when the bomb falls?
(a) They are sleeping in the shelter.
(b) They are at home while he finds a place for their valuables.
(c) They are staying at the church with others.
(d) They are spending the night with a friend in another city.

8. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki wake up at three A.M. the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) There is extra housework to do.
(b) She has a long commute to work.
(c) She had a nightmare.
(d) She hears the warning sirens.

9. Why does the Jesuit's mission house remain standing after the bombing?
(a) It was braced and double braced.
(b) Its concrete was extroardinarily thick.
(c) No one knows.
(d) It used to be a shelter.

10. What it something Dr. Fujii feel despite the misery all around him?
(a) He wishes he wasn't a doctor so he wouldn't have to attend to anyone.
(b) He is afraid that he lost all his wealth.
(c) He is positive that most of the wounded will survive.
(d) He is ashamed of his appearance.

11. What is one of the reasons that people pour into Asano Park?
(a) They believe that if another bomb hits, they could hide behind the rocks and trees in the garden.
(b) They believe that they will have all the food and water they need there.
(c) The park was too far away from Hiroshima to be affected by the bombings.
(d) They believe that if the Americans come back, they would bomb only buildings.

12. On what day is the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) August 1, 1945.
(b) August 16, 1945.
(c) August 6, 1945.
(d) August 26, 1945.

13. Why is Mrs. Nakamura's neighbor tearing down his house before the bombing?
(a) He wants to build a new home.
(b) He wants to build a small shelter instead.
(c) It lies in the path of an air-raid-defense fire lane.
(d) It lies in a dangerous spot.

14. Where does Dr. Fujii work?
(a) He operates a private hospital.
(b) He works at a local clinic.
(c) He works at Hiroshima Hospital.
(d) He operates a family-owned clinic.

15. Why are the wounded calling out to Mr. Tanimoto?
(a) He and his wife are carrying medical kits.
(b) He is erect and unhurt.
(c) He is carrying water and water for the wounded.
(d) He generously offers his help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Nakamura do with the sewing machine prior to leaving her home?

2. How many people in Hiroshima are killed by the atomic bomb?

3. What is Miss Sasaki's neighbor at the factory mistaken about?

4. What does NOT happen to the people at Asano Park?

5. For more than a month, Dr. Sasaki works...

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