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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rumor is spread as a result of people feeling sick nearly a month after the atomic bomb?
(a) The atomic bomb had deposited some sort of poison on Hiroshima that will give off deadly emanations for 7 years.
(b) Anyone who was poisoned by the atomic bomb will live a miximum of 7 years.
(c) The atomic bomb gave off poison that will eat away at the victims' bodies for the next 7 years.
(d) The poison deposited by the atomic bomb is contagious.

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

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

4. What in particular causes Miss Sasaki unease as she looks at the ruins of Hiroshima?
(a) The large number of mice roaming the streets.
(b) The amount of peoples' ashes piled on the ground.
(c) The sight of grass and flowers among the ruins.
(d) The sight of dead naked children stacked together.

5. What does Dr. Sasaki eventually get permission from the Red Cross Hospital to do?
(a) To go to his mother's home in Mukaihara.
(b) To sleep for seventeen hours.
(c) To transfer to another hospital.
(d) To take a two-day break from the Red Cross Hospital.

6. Months after she is discharged from the hospital, what does Miss Sasaki prepare herself for?
(a) Searching for her siblings.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Conversion to Catholicism.
(d) Finding a job.

7. 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."

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

9. After the bombing, what two feeling predominate the citizens of Hiroshima for the Americans?
(a) Wonderment and disgust.
(b) Compassion and frustration.
(c) Indifference and hatred.
(d) Jealousy and resentment.

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

11. What do Japanese scientists announce after having investigated Hiroshima?
(a) They announce that people could enter Hiroshima without any peril at all.
(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 at their own risk.

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

13. 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 wants to ask Mr. Tanimoto to look after his daughter.
(b) He knows he is dying and is willing to be comforted by any religion.
(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.

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

15. 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 be bombed themselves.
(c) They should come to Japan and witness the damage they did.
(d) They should be tried and hanged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person Miss Sasaki thinks about while in the hospital?

2. What does one of the two girls who Mr. Tanimoto rescues keep complaining about?

3. In Chapter 2, the author writes that most people in Hiroshima were too busy or too weary or too badly hurt to do what?

4. A year after the bomb is dropped, Miss Sasaki is...

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

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