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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?
(a) He was a clerk.
(b) He was a government official.
(c) He was a tailor.
(d) He was a surgeon.

3. In Chapter 2, after the bombing, why does Mr. Tanimoto run towards the city when everyone else is running out?
(a) He wants to get food for the hungry.
(b) He wants to get some valuables out of his home.
(c) He wants to see if his wife and baby are okay.
(d) He needs to find doctors to help the wounded.

4. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?
(a) "The Americans are dropping gasoline."
(b) "More B-29s!"
(c) "The government is going to save us."
(d) "The Americans are dropping some kind of poison."

5. Why does Dr. Fujii have to get up early on the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) He has to pack his belongings in preparation to go to the shelter.
(b) He has to tend to newcoming patients.
(c) He has to make breakfast for his children.
(d) He has to see a houseguest off on a train.

6. After the bombing, at the Red Cross Hospital, Dr. Sasaki is...
(a) The only badly injured doctor.
(b) He is not able to function because he lost his glasses.
(c) The sole uninjured doctor.
(d) He is too overwhelmed and shocked to attend to the patients coming in.

7. Who helps Mrs. Nakamura free the children?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Mr. Tarimoto.
(c) Dr. Sasaki.
(d) She frees them herself.

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

9. Before the bomb falls, what does everyone in Hiroshima expect to suffer?
(a) Massive B-29 raids.
(b) Poison gas.
(c) The atomic bomb.
(d) A hydrogen bomb.

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

11. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

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

13. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?
(a) She is his niece.
(b) She is his cousin.
(c) There is no relation.
(d) She is his sister-in-law.

14. How many patients does Dr. Fujii have prior to the bombing?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 26.
(d) 2.

15. What are the huge drops of water falling from the sky?
(a) They are water mixed with fission fragments.
(b) They are simply rain.
(c) They are water coming from the hoses of firemen fighting the blaze.
(d) They are drops of condensed moisture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Tanimoto carries water from the river to the people, an act which...

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

3. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?

4. With whom is Miss Sasaki laid on a large sheet under the rain?

5. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?

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