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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 does Father Kelinsorge go to the police station the day after the bombing?
(a) To fill out a claim form for property damage.
(b) To see if they needed any help.
(c) To find the parents of two little children.
(d) To ask if they could assist in bringing doctors to Asano Park.

2. What does Dr. Fujii offer the Jesuit when they find him at eleven o'clock in the morning?
(a) Wine.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rice.

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

4. What does the doctor tell Father Kleinsorge at the hospital?
(a) "You have to go to another hospital."
(b) "You'll be out of here in two weeks."
(c) "There isn't a cure for your symptoms."
(d) "You'll have to stay here at least six months."

5. Why does Mr. Tanaka send his daughter for Mr. Tanimoto, whom he hadn't been on good terms with?
(a) He knows Mr. Tanimoto is good hearted and would assist him any way he could.
(b) He knows he is dying and is willing to be comforted by any religion.
(c) He knows he is dying and wants to ask Mr. Tanimoto to look after his daughter.
(d) He wants to apologize for the way he had treated Mr. Tanimoto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it several days before the survivors of Hiroshima know about the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

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

3. The symptoms people came down with is a disease later to be known as...

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

5. In Hiroshima, Father Kleinsorges is one of thousands of sufferers; in Tokyo...

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

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

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

4. How do the Nakamura children spend the night at Asano Park the day of the bombing?

5. What does Miss Sasaki think about while at the hospital and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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