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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people at Asano Park promised by a young officer?
(a) A naval hospital ship is coming.
(b) A number of doctors with medical supplies are on their way.
(c) A plane is coming to lift the wounded to the hospital.
(d) No more bombing would occur.

2. What does the doctor tell Mother Superior about Father Kleinsorge?
(a) "We can't help him here."
(b) "He'll die."
(c) "With the right treatment, he'll live a healthy normal life."
(d) "We'll get him out of here in three months."

3. What does the women holding the dead baby keep requesting of Mr. Tanimoto?
(a) To revive her daughter.
(b) To find her husband.
(c) To get her a doctor.
(d) To find her son.

4. What do Japanese scientists announce after having investigated Hiroshima?
(a) They announce that people could enter Hiroshima at their own risk.
(b) The announce that they need to do much more intense investigation to learn whether or not Hiroshima is safe.
(c) They announce that the radiation measurement is so high, people need to stay away from the city for at least 30 days.
(d) They announce that people could enter Hiroshima without any peril at all.

5. What does Mr. Tanimoto have to keep consciously repeating to himself in order to get all the people across the river?
(a) ""What if I was in their place?"
(b) "It's a great sin to leave them behind."
(c) "They are human beings."
(d) "God will reward me."

6. What does the rumor being spread about the atomic bomb do to Mrs. Nakamura and her children?
(a) The rumor arouses more hatred and resentment of America than they had felt all through the war.
(b) The rumor makes them feel more resigned and passive about the moral issue of the atomic bomb.
(c) The rumor makes them lose all hope of ever regaining their normal lives.
(d) The rumor makes them wish they had died the moment the bomb dropped.

7. Why does Father Kelinsorge go to the police station the day after the bombing?
(a) To fill out a claim form for property damage.
(b) To find the parents of two little children.
(c) To ask if they could assist in bringing doctors to Asano Park.
(d) To see if they needed any help.

8. What does the doctor tell Father Kleinsorge at the hospital?
(a) "You'll have to stay here at least six months."
(b) "You have to go to another hospital."
(c) "You'll be out of here in two weeks."
(d) "There isn't a cure for your symptoms."

9. In Hiroshima, Father Kleinsorges is one of thousands of sufferers; in Tokyo...
(a) He is one of a hundred sufferers.
(b) He is a curiosity.
(c) He is one of a million sufferers.
(d) His case is very common.

10. In Chapter 3, what gesture makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical and want to cry suddenly?
(a) A Japanese man hands him a cup of water.
(b) A Japanese woman hands him tea leaves to chew on.
(c) A Japanese child offers him a rice cake.
(d) A Japanese woman offers him bandages for his wounds.

11. As symptoms of radiation disease reveal themselves, it becomes clear that many of them resemble the effects of...
(a) An overdose of electromagnetic spectrum.
(b) An overdose of x-rays.
(c) An overdose of electromagnetic radiation.
(d) An overdose of gamma rays.

12. What does Dr. Fujii offer the Jesuit when they find him at eleven o'clock in the morning?
(a) Wine.
(b) Rice.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Potatoes.

13. What does Dr. Sasaki feel should happen to the men who decided to use the bomb?
(a) They should be shot to death.
(b) They should come to Japan and witness the damage they did.
(c) They should be bombed themselves.
(d) They should be tried and hanged.

14. What does Mrs. Nakamura do once she receives money from the bank for her husband's bond?
(a) She buys a wig.
(b) She rents a shack.
(c) She buys a new sewing machine.
(d) She gives the money to her in-laws.

15. Who eventually comes looking for Miss Sasaki and finds her?
(a) Her siblings.
(b) Father Nagatsuka.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Mr. Fukai.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Red Cross Hospital, how many doctors are available for ten thousand patients?

2. At Asano Park, after Father Kleinsorge tries to settle down for the night, prays, and falls asleep, what wakes him up?

3. What is Miss Sasaki told before she is lifted to a relief station?

4. What happens to Dr. Sasaki about seven months after the bombing?

5. After the bombing, what two feeling predominate the citizens of Hiroshima for the Americans?

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