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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge doing when the bomb falls?
(a) He is praying while lying on a cot.
(b) He is lying on a cot reading a Jesuit magazine.
(c) He is writing a letter while lying on a cot.
(d) He is sleeping on a cot.

2. How many patients does Dr. Fujii have prior to the bombing?
(a) 2.
(b) 15.
(c) 26.
(d) 7.

3. What do people hear prior to the bomb dropping?
(a) The warning siren.
(b) A plane flying over.
(c) A radio announcement assuring everyone that all is safe.
(d) The all-clear sound.

4. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She is watching her five year old from the bedroom window.
(b) She is fixing up her childrens' bedroom.
(c) She is cooking a meal for her children in the kitchen.
(d) She is watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.

5. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?
(a) There is no relation.
(b) She is his cousin.
(c) She is his sister-in-law.
(d) She is his niece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mr. Tanimoto and Father Kleinsorge eat from the garden on the way to the shelter?

2. What are the huge drops of water falling from the sky?

3. For more than a month, Dr. Sasaki works...

4. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?

5. In Chapter 2, after the bombing, why does Mr. Tanimoto run towards the city when everyone else is running out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What puzzles Dr. Fujii and his doctor friend about what they see after the bombing?

2. What may have saved Dr. Sasaki's life the morning of the bomb?

3. What explains why so many citizens who are hurt go unattended and why so many citizens who might have lived die?

4. What steps does Mrs. Nakamura take after the bombing?

5. Describe Reverend Mr. Tanimoto.

6. Describe Dr. Fujii's private clinic.

7. Describe Dr. Masakazu Fujii and his lifestyle prior to the bombing.

8. Prior to the bombing, why do the police question Mr. Tanimoto several times?

9. How does Mrs. Nakamura and her children spend the night prior to the bombing?

10. What are some of the reasons people pour into Asano Park?

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