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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. Who eventually comes looking for Miss Sasaki and finds her?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Mr. Fukai.
(d) Father Nagatsuka.

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

3. What does a young man who is staying at the same hospital as that of Miss Sasaki give her?
(a) A book.
(b) A pen.
(c) A watch.
(d) A ring.

4. Where is Father Kleinsorge a year after the bomb?
(a) He has traveled to America.
(b) He has completely rebuilt his church.
(c) He is back in the hospital.
(d) He is back in Germany.

5. In Chapter 3, when Mr. Tanimoto reaches down to the river and takes a woman by the hand, what sickens him so much that he has to sit down?
(a) He hears her joints disconnecting from each other.
(b) Her hands are as hard as clay.
(c) Her bones break through her skin.
(d) Her skin slips off in huge, glovelike pieces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the two girls who Mr. Tanimoto rescues keep complaining about?

2. On August 15, who publicly speaks for the first time in Japanese history over the radio?

3. What does the rumor being spread about the atomic bomb do to Mrs. Nakamura and her children?

4. What does Dr. Fujii end up doing with regards to his work?

5. On August 7th, what radio broadcast announcement do the Japanese make?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Mr. Tanimoto rescues the people from the sandpit, what stirs his rage?

2. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

3. In trying to rescue the 20 or so men and women in the sandpit, what makes Mr. Tanimoto sick?

4. After he feels better, why is Father Kleinsorge able to enjoy himself at the hospital in Tokyo?

5. How does Miss Sasaki spend the first night of the bombing?

6. Who does Mr. Tanimoto keep trying to avoid at the park?

7. Outside, what is the condition of the Red Cross Hospital?

8. How do the Japanese react to their Emperor's radio broadcast?

9. How does President Truman describe the atomic bomb during his radio announcement?

10. What does Mr. Tanimoto see when he awakes in the first light of dawn, the first morning after the bombing?

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