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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the news that was heard on the radio August 15 convey?
(a) The war has just begun.
(b) The war is over.
(c) Japan still has a chance to win the war.
(d) The war will continue.

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

3. On August 15, who publicly speaks for the first time in Japanese history over the radio?
(a) Hirohito, the Emperor Tenno.
(b) The American president.
(c) The president of Japan.
(d) The prime minister of Japan.

4. What does the women holding the dead baby keep requesting of Mr. Tanimoto?
(a) To find her son.
(b) To find her husband.
(c) To get her a doctor.
(d) To revive her daughter.

5. On August 18th, what does Father Kleinsorge begin to feel as he walks halfway from the center of town?
(a) He feels very nauseous.
(b) He feels a lot of pain in his legs.
(c) He feels excruciatingly tired.
(d) He feels very cold.

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

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

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

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

10. By February 1946, what condition is Miss Sasaki in when Father Kleinsorge visits her?
(a) She is ready to start a new life.
(b) She is beginning to walk around and show signs of strength.
(c) She has grown more and more depressed and morbid.
(d) She is getting sicker everyday.

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

12. A year after the bomb is dropped, Miss Sasaki is...
(a) A cripple.
(b) In a deep depression.
(c) Married.
(d) A happy woman.

13. A year after the bomb is dropped, what condition is Mr. Tanimoto's church in?
(a) It has the same number of attendees.
(b) It still has his exceptional vitality.
(c) It is rebuilt.
(d) It is ruined.

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

15. On August 7th, what radio broadcast announcement do the Japanese make?
(a) "The bomb has left few survivors."
(b) "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."
(c) "The bomb used by the Americans had more power than twenty thousand tons of TNT."
(d) "It is believed that a new type of bomb was used on Hiroshima. The details are being investigated."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the condition of one of the wounded people lying beside Miss Sasaki?

3. Who eventually comes looking for Miss Sasaki and finds her?

4. How do the Nakamura children react during the night at Asano Park?

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

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