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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) Red.
(c) Orange.
(d) Black.

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

3. What did those who were burnt beg for?
(a) Food.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Help.
(d) Water.

4. What is Mr. Masakazu Fujii doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He has just sat down to drink a cup of coffee on the porch.
(b) He has just begun to chat with a patient.
(c) He has just sat down to read the paper on the porch.
(d) He has just begun to give orders to his nurse.

5. What is one of the reasons that people pour into Asano Park?
(a) They believe that they will have all the food and water they need there.
(b) They believe that if another bomb hits, they could hide behind the rocks and trees in the garden.
(c) They believe that if the Americans come back, they would bomb only buildings.
(d) The park was too far away from Hiroshima to be affected by the bombings.

6. Once Mrs. Nakamura takes her children out into the street, what does she worry about?
(a) Her children being cold.
(b) Her children being sick.
(c) Her children being hot.
(d) Her children being tired.

7. Where does Dr. Fujii work?
(a) He works at Hiroshima Hospital.
(b) He works at a local clinic.
(c) He operates a private hospital.
(d) He operates a family-owned clinic.

8. How many people in Hiroshima are killed by the atomic bomb?
(a) Three hundred thousand.
(b) A hundred thousand.
(c) Two hundred and fifty thousand.
(d) Two hundred thousand.

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

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

11. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?
(a) There is no relation.
(b) She is his sister-in-law.
(c) She is his niece.
(d) She is his cousin.

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

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

14. Why does the Jesuit's mission house remain standing after the bombing?
(a) It was braced and double braced.
(b) No one knows.
(c) It used to be a shelter.
(d) Its concrete was extroardinarily thick.

15. What do Mr. Tanimoto and Father Kleinsorge eat from the garden on the way to the shelter?
(a) A roasted corn on the cob.
(b) Roasted potatoes.
(c) Roasted peanuts.
(d) A roasted pumpkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the bombing, at the Red Cross Hospital, Dr. Sasaki is...

2. In Chapter 2, why does Mr. Tanimoto run back to a hillock in the rayon man's garden?

3. What is the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto doing when the bomb drops?

4. With whom is Miss Sasaki laid on a large sheet under the rain?

5. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?

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