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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. Why is Mrs. Nakamura's neighbor tearing down his house before the bombing?
(a) He wants to build a small shelter instead.
(b) It lies in a dangerous spot.
(c) It lies in the path of an air-raid-defense fire lane.
(d) He wants to build a new home.

2. What is a Molotov flower basket?
(a) The delicate Japanese name for B-29s.
(b) The name the Japanese gave the atomic bomb.
(c) The delicate Japanese name for self-scattering cluster of bombs.
(d) The name the Japanese gave the American bombers.

3. What is Mr. Masakazu Fujii doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He has just sat down to drink a cup of coffee on the porch.
(b) He has just begun to give orders to his nurse.
(c) He has just sat down to read the paper on the porch.
(d) He has just begun to chat with a patient.

4. After the bombing, what happens to Dr. Fujii's hospital?
(a) It is burned down by fire.
(b) It remains in the bank of the Kyo Rover.
(c) It goes into the river.
(d) It remains standing.

5. What are the huge drops of water falling from the sky?
(a) They are water coming from the hoses of firemen fighting the blaze.
(b) They are drops of condensed moisture.
(c) They are simply rain.
(d) They are water mixed with fission fragments.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a roar of approaching planes is heard at Asano Park, the baker commands people to take off garments having what color?

2. How does Mr. Tarimoto react when he sees his wife?

3. Early in the afternoon, what sweeps into Asano Park?

4. Mrs. Nakamura dresses her children in everything except for...

5. After the explosion, what does Father Kleinsorge run around in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Terufumi Sasaki.

2. What is the weather at Asano Park like?

3. After the bomb hits, what does Mr. Tanimoto see from the mound in the garden?

4. What is the manner in which Miss Sasaki is rescued?

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

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

7. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki get up at 3 o'clock in the morning the day the bomb falls?

8. Describe Dr. Fujii's private clinic.

9. How does Dr. Sasaki work at the Red Cross Hospital under the horrific circumstances?

10. Describe Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge.

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