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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a roar of approaching planes is heard at Asano Park, the baker commands people to take off garments having what color?
(a) White.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

2. What is a Molotov flower basket?
(a) The delicate Japanese name for B-29s.
(b) The name the Japanese gave the American bombers.
(c) The delicate Japanese name for self-scattering cluster of bombs.
(d) The name the Japanese gave the atomic bomb.

3. What is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge doing when the bomb falls?
(a) He is lying on a cot reading a Jesuit magazine.
(b) He is sleeping on a cot.
(c) He is praying while lying on a cot.
(d) He is writing a letter while lying on a cot.

4. 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.

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

6. Early in the afternoon, what sweeps into Asano Park?
(a) Bombing.
(b) Fire.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Dust.

7. What do the Japanese call the B-29?
(a) Mr. B-29.
(b) Mr. Bomb.
(c) Mr. B.
(d) Mr. 29.

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

9. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?
(a) They wonder why the Americnas used such a bomb on them.
(b) They wonder if their lives will ever be normal again.
(c) They wonder whether the atomic bomb will ever be used again.
(d) They wonder why they lived while so many others died.

10. What is Miss Toshinki doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She has just grabbed a cup of coffee and is heading towards her desk.
(b) She has just approached her boss to ask for a raise.
(c) She has just lifted some papers off her desk.
(d) She has just turned her head to chat with the girl at the next desk.

11. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?
(a) His wife lives there.
(b) He plans to move there after the war.
(c) The Osaka News delivers the most accurate news.
(d) His clinic is in Osaka.

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

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

14. Mr. Tanimoto carries water from the river to the people, an act which...
(a) Saves a number of people.
(b) Turns out to be a mistake.
(c) He regrets having done.
(d) He is proud to have been able to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Fukai, the Secretary of the diocese, keep saying while he's being rescued?

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

3. Who does the prefecture order to help clear the fire lanes?

4. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

5. What does Dr. Terufumi Sasaki do without a permit?

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