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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man who tries to rescue Miss Sasaki tell her?
(a) "If you hang onto my arm, I'll be able to pull you out."
(b) "Don't move! I'll return in an hour!"
(c) "I am too weak to get you out of here."
(d) "We have no men to help you! You'll have to get out by yourself."

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

3. How many children does Mrs. Hasuyo Nakamura have?
(a) She has a son and a daughter.
(b) She has one son and two daughters.
(c) She has two daughters and one son.
(d) She has two sons and two daughters.

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

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

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

7. After the explosion, what does Father Kleinsorge run around in?
(a) A heavy coat.
(b) His pajamas.
(c) His bathrobe.
(d) His underwear.

8. What nationality is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge?
(a) American.
(b) Belgian.
(c) French.
(d) German.

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

10. Who does the prefecture order to help clear the fire lanes?
(a) The male students from colleges and universities.
(b) The girls from secondary schools.
(c) The female students from colleges and universities.
(d) The boys from secondary schools.

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

12. At Asano Park, how do the wounded die?
(a) They scream in pain.
(b) They die quietly.
(c) They beg to be treated.
(d) They complain the whole way through.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the atomic bomb flash above Hiroshima?

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

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

4. What do the Japanese call the B-29?

5. Who helps Mrs. Nakamura free the children?

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