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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 do the civilians hear on the radio that brings them tears?
(a) The Emperor's voice.
(b) People expressing the horros they'd undergone as a result of the bombing.
(c) Their government promising to rebuild their homes.
(d) The pilot of Enola Gay saying he didn't realize the magnitute of what he was doing.

2. A year after the bomb is dropped, what condition is Mr. Tanimoto's church in?
(a) It is rebuilt.
(b) It has the same number of attendees.
(c) It still has his exceptional vitality.
(d) It is ruined.

3. How does Mrs. Nakamura react when her sewing machine is retrieved?
(a) She is disappointed that it is all rusted and useless.
(b) She is frustrated that parts of it need to be fixed.
(c) She fears she is too ill to use it anyway.
(d) She is happy that it is still in good shape.

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

5. What does Mr. Tanimoto do after the people at the park are promised to receive help?
(a) He resumes ferrying the wounded across the river.
(b) He helps settle people in for the night.
(c) He tries to keep everyone in the park calm and collective.
(d) He falls asleep, exhausted.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Red Cross Hospital, how many doctors are available for ten thousand patients?

2. As symptoms of radiation disease reveal themselves, it becomes clear that many of them resemble the effects of...

3. After the bombing, what two feeling predominate the citizens of Hiroshima for the Americans?

4. 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?

5. On August 18th, what does Father Kleinsorge use his suitcase for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in particular makes Miss Sasaki uneasy when she sees the ruins of Hiroshima for the first time?

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

3. By midsummer, Mrs. Nakamura's savings are gone. How then does she survive?

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

5. What makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical, wanting to cry after feeling thirsty in the dreadful heat?

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

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

8. What is Dr. Fujii doing a month after the bombing?

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

10. What are the Japanese physicists' concern about the bomb and what do they do about it?

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