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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. Prior to the bombing, what happens to Hiroshima's population?
(a) It suffers poverty due to the war.
(b) It becomes absent of many professionals who flee the city.
(c) It is reduced due to several evacuation programs.
(d) It is increased to help clear the fire lanes.

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

3. What does Mrs. Nakamura do with the sewing machine prior to leaving her home?
(a) She hides it in the closet.
(b) She buries it under some furniture.
(c) She hides it in the cement tank of water in front of her house.
(d) She leaves it where it is.

4. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She is watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.
(b) She is fixing up her childrens' bedroom.
(c) She is watching her five year old from the bedroom window.
(d) She is cooking a meal for her children in the kitchen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the people attribute their sickness of nausea and vomiting to?

3. What is a Molotov flower basket?

4. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?

5. How many patients does Dr. Fujii have prior to the bombing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge.

2. What is Mrs. Nakamura doing the morning of the bombing?

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

4. Describe Dr. Fujii's private clinic.

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

6. Describe Reverend Mr. Tanimoto.

7. What is the weather at Asano Park like?

8. How does Mr. Fukai, the secretary of the diocese, behave after Hiroshima is hit by the bomb?

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

10. Describe Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura.

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