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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 rumor is spread as a result of people feeling sick nearly a month after the atomic bomb?
(a) The atomic bomb gave off poison that will eat away at the victims' bodies for the next 7 years.
(b) The atomic bomb had deposited some sort of poison on Hiroshima that will give off deadly emanations for 7 years.
(c) Anyone who was poisoned by the atomic bomb will live a miximum of 7 years.
(d) The poison deposited by the atomic bomb is contagious.

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

3. The symptoms people came down with is a disease later to be known as...
(a) Radiation sickness.
(b) Radiation cancer.
(c) Radiation danger.
(d) Radiation poison.

4. Why doesn't Mrs. Nakamura see a doctor for her ailments?
(a) She is too poor.
(b) She is afraid of what the doctor may tell her.
(c) She doesn't feel she is sick enough.
(d) Her relative is a nurse who gives her the proper treatment.

5. What does one of the two girls who Mr. Tanimoto rescues keep complaining about?
(a) She complains that she is very nauseous.
(b) She complains that she is hot.
(c) She complains that her burns are too painful.
(d) She complains that she is cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

2. What does the first army doctor who sees Miss Sasaki say?

3. In trying to rebuild the city, what is the Planning Conference in Hiroshima at a loss to?

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

5. Why does Mr. Tanaka send his daughter for Mr. Tanimoto, whom he hadn't been on good terms with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Father Kleinsorge's physical condition a few weeks after the bombing?

4. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

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

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

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

8. What happens to Mrs. Nakamura's physical condition a few weeks after the bombing?

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

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

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