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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people attribute their sickness of nausea and vomiting to?
(a) The water they'd drank.
(b) The terrible smell of the bomb.
(c) Gas the Americans dropped.
(d) The food they'd eaten.

2. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?
(a) He was a clerk.
(b) He was a government official.
(c) He was a surgeon.
(d) He was a tailor.

9. What it something Dr. Fujii feel despite the misery all around him?
(a) He is afraid that he lost all his wealth.
(b) He wishes he wasn't a doctor so he wouldn't have to attend to anyone.
(c) He is positive that most of the wounded will survive.
(d) He is ashamed of his appearance.

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

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

12. Why does Dr. Fujii have to get up early on the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) He has to see a houseguest off on a train.
(b) He has to pack his belongings in preparation to go to the shelter.
(c) He has to make breakfast for his children.
(d) He has to tend to newcoming patients.

13. On what day is the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) August 26, 1945.
(b) August 1, 1945.
(c) August 6, 1945.
(d) August 16, 1945.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Mrs. Hasuyo Nakamura have?

2. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?

3. Why are the wounded calling out to Mr. Tanimoto?

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

5. Why does the Jesuit's mission house remain standing after the bombing?

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