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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...
(a) Having heard any noise of the bomb.
(b) Having heard people calling to be rescued.
(c) Having heard any sirens warning of the bomb hours prior to the bombing.
(d) Having heard the all clear sounding.

2. What does Mr. Fukai, the Secretary of the diocese, keep saying while he's being rescued?
(a) "I don't want to die."
(b) "I must save this building."
(c) "I must find my family."
(d) "Leave me here to die."

3. How many people in Hiroshima are killed by the atomic bomb?
(a) A hundred thousand.
(b) Three hundred thousand.
(c) Two hundred and fifty thousand.
(d) Two hundred thousand.

4. Once Mrs. Nakamura takes her children out into the street, what does she worry about?
(a) Her children being tired.
(b) Her children being cold.
(c) Her children being hot.
(d) Her children being sick.

5. What falls on Miss Sasaki's legs after the bomb drops?
(a) A statue.
(b) A bookcase.
(c) An office desk.
(d) A table.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Nakamura's neighbor tearing down his house before the bombing?

2. Who helps Mrs. Nakamura free the children?

3. What does Mr. Tanimoto take from the five dead men in the river?

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

5. Before the bomb falls, what does everyone in Hiroshima expect to suffer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Nakamura and her children spend the night prior to the bombing?

2. What explains why so many citizens who are hurt go unattended and why so many citizens who might have lived die?

3. What steps does Mrs. Nakamura take after the bombing?

4. What are some of the reasons people pour into Asano Park?

5. What are the weather and conditions like as Dr. Fujii walks over the bridge after the bombing?

6. What is the manner in which Miss Sasaki is rescued?

7. Describe Reverend Mr. Tanimoto.

8. What puzzles Dr. Fujii and his doctor friend about what they see after the bombing?

9. After the bomb hits, what does Mr. Tanimoto see from the mound in the garden?

10. Describe Dr. Fujii's private clinic.

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