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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Mr. Tanimoto able to bring a doctor to Asano Park?
(a) Doctors elsewhere have thousands of their own wounded to care for.
(b) The doctors tell him there is no hope in saving those who are wounded by the bomb.
(c) He can't find any.
(d) The doctors he meets are badly wounded themselves.

2. What does the first army doctor who sees Miss Sasaki say?
(a) Her leg has to be amputated.
(b) Her leg needs a simple surgery.
(c) She is going to die.
(d) Her body is poisoned by gas gangrene.

3. 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 lose all hope of ever regaining their normal lives.
(c) The rumor makes them feel more resigned and passive about the moral issue of the atomic bomb.
(d) The rumor makes them wish they had died the moment the bomb dropped.

4. What happens to the Kataoka children, sister and brother, whom Father Kleinsorge finds?
(a) They are returned to their mother.
(b) They have to be separated.
(c) It is discovered that their entire family is dead.
(d) They die.

5. Why doesn't Mrs. Nakamura see a doctor for her ailments?
(a) She is too poor.
(b) She doesn't feel she is sick enough.
(c) She is afraid of what the doctor may tell her.
(d) Her relative is a nurse who gives her the proper treatment.

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

7. In trying to rebuild the city, what is the Planning Conference in Hiroshima at a loss to?
(a) They don't know hwo to get people to move back into the city.
(b) They don't know how they would rebuild the city.
(c) They worry about the costs involved to rebuild the city.
(d) They don't know what importance could Hiroshima now have.

8. In Chapter 3, what happens in Hiroshima that causes more devastation?
(a) Another air raid.
(b) A great fire.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A flood.

9. Why does Mr. Tanaka send his daughter for Mr. Tanimoto, whom he hadn't been on good terms with?
(a) He knows he is dying and is willing to be comforted by any religion.
(b) He knows he is dying and wants to ask Mr. Tanimoto to look after his daughter.
(c) He wants to apologize for the way he had treated Mr. Tanimoto.
(d) He knows Mr. Tanimoto is good hearted and would assist him any way he could.

10. What does Dr. Fujii end up doing with regards to his work?
(a) He works out of his home.
(b) He retires.
(c) He buys a vacant private clinic and builds a strong practice.
(d) He devotes his life to helping atomic bomb victims.

11. When Father Kleinsorge arrives to the hospital, what condition is he in?
(a) He is unconscious.
(b) He is bleeding profusely.
(c) He is terribly pale and very shaky.
(d) He has a terrible rash all over.

12. On August 18th, what does Father Kleinsorge use his suitcase for?
(a) He uses it to carry the yen belonging to the Society of Jesus to the bank.
(b) He uses it to carry his personal belongings to a safe place.
(c) He uses it to store his own money.
(d) He uses it to carry important documents to the police station.

13. At Asano Park, after Father Kleinsorge tries to settle down for the night, prays, and falls asleep, what wakes him up?
(a) The sudden rainstorm.
(b) The nurse who asks him if he wants anything to eat.
(c) People cheering after they'd heard they were going to be rescued.
(d) The mission keeper who asks him if he'd remembered to repeat his evening prayers.

14. What do the civilians hear on the radio that brings them tears?
(a) The Emperor's voice.
(b) People expressing the horros they'd undergone as a result of the bombing.
(c) The pilot of Enola Gay saying he didn't realize the magnitute of what he was doing.
(d) Their government promising to rebuild their homes.

15. Why is it several days before the survivors of Hiroshima know about the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) The Japanese government wants to first better understand what is going on.
(b) The Emperor requests that it be so.
(c) Japanese newspapers and radio are extremely cautious on the subject of the weapon.
(d) Japanese newspapers and radio fear the country will experience an uncontrollable hysteria if they hear of the bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. To the Japanese, what is a greater moral responsibility than adequate care of the living?

2. On August 7th, what radio broadcast announcement do the Japanese make?

3. In the afternoon of the third day after the bombing, what does Dr. Sasaki become obsessed with?

4. What is the one feeling the survivors of Hiroshima share?

5. What does a shortwave rebroadcast announcement by the President of the United States do?

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