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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...
(a) Having heard the all clear sounding.
(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 any noise of the bomb.

2. What is the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He is about to take a long walk in the suburbs.
(b) He is about to knock on the door of a relative's home who lives in the suburbs.
(c) He is about to unload a cart of clothes at a rich man's home in the suburbs.
(d) He is about to deliver a cart of food at an old man's home in the suburbs.

3. Mrs. Nakamura dresses her children in everything except for...
(a) Gloves.
(b) Air-raid helmets.
(c) Shoes.
(d) An overcoat.

4. 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.

5. What is Miss Toshinki Sasaki's profession?
(a) She is a clerk.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is a bookkeeper.
(d) She is a librarian.

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

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

8. With whom is Miss Sasaki laid on a large sheet under the rain?
(a) She is laid with three children.
(b) She is laid with two other wounded people, a man and a woman.
(c) She is laid with one other person.
(d) She is laid with four other wounded, two men and two women.

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

10. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?
(a) Snow begins to fall.
(b) Rain smelling like gas starts pouring down.
(c) A whirlwind rips through the park.
(d) A sandstorm rips through the park.

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

12. At what time does the atomic bomb flash above Hiroshima?
(a) 11:15 A.M.
(b) 9:00 A.M.
(c) 6:00 A.M.
(d) 8:15 A.M.

13. What happens when Mr. Tanimoto finds his wife after the bombing?
(a) They debate whether or not they should go to Asano Park.
(b) They help each other help others.
(c) They part again.
(d) Together, they try to find safety.

14. For more than a month, Dr. Sasaki works...
(a) With a badly injured leg.
(b) With a badly injured arm.
(c) Wearing someone else's glasses.
(d) Without having any glasses.

15. What does NOT happen to the people at Asano Park?
(a) They have serious burns.
(b) Their hair falls off.
(c) They vomit.
(d) They die.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Nakamura's husband die?

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

3. What does the man who tries to rescue Miss Sasaki tell her?

4. Prior to the bombing, what happens to Hiroshima's population?

5. What does Mrs. Nakamura do as soon as everything turns white?

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