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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. After being at the park for a while, what becomes the peoples' concern?
(a) They fear the water they've drank is contaminated.
(b) They are in a lot of pain and beg for medication.
(c) They fear they won't be safe at the park until morning.
(d) They are hungry and beg for food.

2. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...
(a) Having heard people calling to be rescued.
(b) Having heard any sirens warning of the bomb hours prior to the bombing.
(c) Having heard any noise of the bomb.
(d) Having heard the all clear sounding.

3. On what day is the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) August 6, 1945.
(b) August 26, 1945.
(c) August 1, 1945.
(d) August 16, 1945.

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

5. Who helps Mrs. Nakamura free the children?
(a) Mr. Tarimoto.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) Dr. Sasaki.
(d) She frees them herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In general, the survivors of Hiroshima...

2. Where does Dr. Fujii work?

3. What is one of the reasons that people pour into Asano Park?

4. What is Miss Toshinki doing when the bomb drops?

5. How does Mrs. Nakamura's husband die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Fujii's private clinic.

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

3. What is the atmosphere like at Asano Park?

4. The day of the bombing, what is Mr. Tanimoto's morning like?

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

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

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

8. Describe Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura.

9. How does Mr. Fukai, the secretary of the diocese, behave after Hiroshima is hit by the bomb?

10. Describe Dr. Terufumi Sasaki.

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