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

2. What does NOT happen to the people at Asano Park?
(a) They die.
(b) They have serious burns.
(c) They vomit.
(d) Their hair falls off.

3. What nationality is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge?
(a) German.
(b) Belgian.
(c) French.
(d) American.

4. What is Miss Sasaki's neighbor at the factory mistaken about?
(a) She thinks no one will come save them.
(b) She thinks her back is broken.
(c) She thinks it's safer to stay put.
(d) She thinks she will bleed to death.

5. What is Dr. Terufumi Sasaki doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He is collecting blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(b) He is drawing a blood test from a patient for a Wasserman test.
(c) He is examining a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(d) He is walking along a hospital corridor with a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the bombing, what happens to Hiroshima's population?

2. What does Mr. Tanimoto take from the five dead men in the river?

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

4. How many patients does Dr. Fujii have prior to the bombing?

5. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the weather at Asano Park like?

5. What does Mr. Tanimoto encounter on his way to and from finding his wife and baby?

6. What is the atmosphere like at Asano Park?

7. Describe Dr. Terufumi Sasaki.

8. Describe Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge.

9. What are the weather and conditions like as Dr. Fujii walks over the bridge after the bombing?

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

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