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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Dr. Sasaki about seven months after the bombing?
(a) He loses 60 pounds.
(b) He leaves the Red Cross Hospital.
(c) He is bedridden for one month.
(d) He gets married.

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

3. On August 7th, what radio broadcast announcement do the Japanese make?
(a) "The bomb used by the Americans had two thousand times the blast power of the British Grand Slam, which is the largest bomb yet used in the history of wartime."
(b) "It is believed that a new type of bomb was used on Hiroshima. The details are being investigated."
(c) "The bomb has left few survivors."
(d) "The bomb used by the Americans had more power than twenty thousand tons of TNT."

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 3, when Mr. Tanimoto reaches down to the river and takes a woman by the hand, what sickens him so much that he has to sit down?
(a) He hears her joints disconnecting from each other.
(b) Her skin slips off in huge, glovelike pieces.
(c) Her bones break through her skin.
(d) Her hands are as hard as clay.

8. What does Miss Sasaki seem to draw physical strength from?
(a) A family member showing up at the hospital.
(b) The patients who are worse off than she is.
(c) Father Kleinsorge's answers about life.
(d) Her wounded leg returning to normal.

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

10. What is the one feeling the survivors of Hiroshima share?
(a) The hope that everything will one day be better.
(b) The hatred for Americans.
(c) The desire to assist other atomic bomb victims.
(d) The feeling of elated community spirit.

11. Prior to the bombing, why is Hiroshima an inviting target?
(a) It is the most populated city in Japan.
(b) It is one of the most important military command and communications centers in Japan.
(c) It is the largest city in Japan.
(d) It is in the center of Japan.

12. How do the Nakamura children react during the night at Asano Park?
(a) They are frightnened by what is happening.
(b) They are interested in everything that happens.
(c) They cry throughout the night.
(d) They cough and vomit throughout the night.

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

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

15. What happens to Mr. Tanimoto's health a few weeks after the bombing?
(a) He experiences upset stomachs.
(b) He loses all his hair.
(c) He is suddenly unable to walk.
(d) He falls ill with malaise, weariness, and feverishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a young man who is staying at the same hospital as that of Miss Sasaki give her?

2. Why is it several days before the survivors of Hiroshima know about the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

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

4. When is the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

5. On August 18th, what does Father Kleinsorge begin to feel as he walks halfway from the center of town?

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