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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 offers him bandages for his wounds.
(c) A Japanese child offers him a rice cake.
(d) A Japanese woman hands him tea leaves to chew on.

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

5. In the afternoon of the third day after the bombing, what does Dr. Sasaki become obsessed with?
(a) The idea that he is contaminated with radioactivity.
(b) The idea that his mother thinks he is dead.
(c) The idea that such horrific act as the atomic bomb could take place.
(d) The fact that 100,000 people were killed within an instant.

6. To the Japanese, what is a greater moral responsibility than adequate care of the living?
(a) Cremation is the responsibility of relatives only.
(b) Cremation is not important under dire circumstances.
(c) Cremation should be attended to only after the survivors have been taken care of.
(d) Disposal of the dead by decent cremation and enshrinment.

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

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

9. What is the condition of one of the wounded people lying beside Miss Sasaki?
(a) An old woman is nearly dead.
(b) A woman has lost her breast.
(c) A soldier's eye sockets are hollow from the burns.
(d) A man has lost his arm.

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

11. Where does Mrs. Nakamura and her children go to after leaving the park?
(a) They have Father Kleinsorge find them a small room.
(b) They move in with Mrs. Nakamura's sister-in-law.
(c) They live at the shelter for a while.
(d) They move in with Mrs. Nakamura's family.

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

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

14. What does Mr. Tanaka do as Mr. Tanimoto reads the psalm?
(a) He vomits.
(b) He asks him to stop.
(c) He dies.
(d) He loses consciesness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Tanimoto have to keep consciously repeating to himself in order to get all the people across the river?

2. What does Dr. Fujii do the night after the explosion?

3. What in particular causes Miss Sasaki unease as she looks at the ruins of Hiroshima?

4. What does the doctor tell Father Kleinsorge at the hospital?

5. What does Miss Sasaki seem to draw physical strength from?

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