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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 arouses more hatred and resentment of America than they had felt all through the war.
(c) The rumor makes them lose all hope of ever regaining their normal lives.
(d) The rumor makes them wish they had died the moment the bomb dropped.

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

3. What ends up happening to Mr. Fukai, the Japanese secretary of the diocese?
(a) He was last seen running into a fire.
(b) No one sees him again.
(c) He is found dead.
(d) He is found at the Red Cross Hospital.

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

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

6. What does Dr. Fujii do the night after the explosion?
(a) He lies on the floor in his family's roofless house.
(b) He lies on the ground at Asano Park, unable to help the wounded.
(c) He helps the wounded at Asano Park.
(d) He helps the wounded at the Red Cross Hospital.

7. What concern is there about giving Father Kliensorge a blood transfusion?
(a) There isn't the proper equipment for blood transfusions for atomic bomb patients.
(b) Atomic bomb patients become sick during blood transfusions.
(c) He may receive badly poisoned blood from an atomic bomb survivor.
(d) Atomic bomb patients may not stop bleeding once needles are stuck in them.

8. 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 needs a simple surgery.
(d) Her leg has to be amputated.

9. Who is the person Miss Sasaki thinks about while in the hospital?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her fiance.

10. Why does Mr. Tanaka expect all the doctors of Hiroshima to come to him?
(a) He is a well-known doctor in Hiroshima.
(b) He is a well-known and loved celebrity.
(c) He is one of the most popular and loved man in Hiroshima.
(d) He is very rich and famous for giving his money away.

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

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

13. 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 Emperor requests that it be so.
(c) The Japanese government wants to first better understand what is going on.
(d) Japanese newspapers and radio are extremely cautious on the subject of the weapon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Sasaki told before she is lifted to a relief station?

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

3. Why isn't Mr. Tanimoto able to bring a doctor to Asano Park?

4. After 19 straight hours of gruesome work, what does Dr. Sasaki and other survivors of the hospital staff do?

5. Where does Mrs. Nakamura and her children go to after leaving the park?

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