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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ends up happening to Father Kleinsorge's wounds a few weeks after the bombing?
(a) They are healed with proper medication.
(b) They are healed with no medication whatsoever.
(c) They become infected and require surgery.
(d) They open wider and are swollen and inflamed.

2. 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) "The bomb used by the Americans had more power than twenty thousand tons of TNT."
(c) "It is believed that a new type of bomb was used on Hiroshima. The details are being investigated."
(d) "The bomb has left few survivors."

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

4. What happens to Mrs. Nakamura a few weeks after the bombing?
(a) She experiences fainting spells.
(b) She becomes deaf.
(c) She becomes bald.
(d) She becomes blind.

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

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

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

8. What does one of the two girls who Mr. Tanimoto rescues keep complaining about?
(a) She complains that her burns are too painful.
(b) She complains that she is very nauseous.
(c) She complains that she is cold.
(d) She complains that she is hot.

9. The symptoms people came down with is a disease later to be known as...
(a) Radiation danger.
(b) Radiation poison.
(c) Radiation sickness.
(d) Radiation cancer.

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

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

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

13. 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) Her hands are as hard as clay.
(b) Her bones break through her skin.
(c) He hears her joints disconnecting from each other.
(d) Her skin slips off in huge, glovelike pieces.

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

15. 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 transfer to another hospital.
(c) To sleep for seventeen hours.
(d) To take a two-day break from the Red Cross Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Months after she is discharged from the hospital, what does Miss Sasaki prepare herself for?

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

3. When is the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

4. What does the rumor being spread about the atomic bomb do to Mrs. Nakamura and her children?

5. What happens to the Kataoka children, sister and brother, whom Father Kleinsorge finds?

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