Hiroshima Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Hiroshima Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto's wife and baby when the bomb falls?
(a) They are spending the night with a friend in another city.
(b) They are at home while he finds a place for their valuables.
(c) They are sleeping in the shelter.
(d) They are staying at the church with others.

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

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

6. After being at the park for a while, what becomes the peoples' concern?
(a) They fear they won't be safe at the park until morning.
(b) They fear the water they've drank is contaminated.
(c) They are hungry and beg for food.
(d) They are in a lot of pain and beg for medication.

7. 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 unload a cart of clothes at a rich man's home in the suburbs.
(c) He is about to knock on the door of a relative's home who lives in the suburbs.
(d) He is about to deliver a cart of food at an old man's home in the suburbs.

8. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?
(a) "The Americans are dropping gasoline."
(b) "More B-29s!"
(c) "The Americans are dropping some kind of poison."
(d) "The government is going to save us."

9. 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 lifted some papers off her desk.
(c) She has just turned her head to chat with the girl at the next desk.
(d) She has just approached her boss to ask for a raise.

10. What is Dr. Terufumi Sasaki doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He is examining a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(b) He is collecting blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(c) He is walking along a hospital corridor with a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(d) He is drawing a blood test from a patient for a Wasserman test.

11. In general, the survivors of Hiroshima...
(a) They tried to help everyone around them.
(b) They assisted only their relatives or immediate neighbors.
(c) They were too shocked to help anyone but themselves.
(d) They only assisted the women, children and elders.

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

13. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She is watching her five year old from the bedroom window.
(b) She is watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.
(c) She is cooking a meal for her children in the kitchen.
(d) She is fixing up her childrens' bedroom.

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

15. What do people hear prior to the bomb dropping?
(a) The warning siren.
(b) A plane flying over.
(c) A radio announcement assuring everyone that all is safe.
(d) The all-clear sound.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Miss Sasaki's neighbor at the factory mistaken about?

3. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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