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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. 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.

2. What concern is there about giving Father Kliensorge a blood transfusion?
(a) Atomic bomb patients may not stop bleeding once needles are stuck in them.
(b) There isn't the proper equipment for blood transfusions for atomic bomb patients.
(c) Atomic bomb patients become sick during blood transfusions.
(d) He may receive badly poisoned blood from an atomic bomb survivor.

3. After 19 straight hours of gruesome work, what does Dr. Sasaki and other survivors of the hospital staff do?
(a) They leave the hospital.
(b) They lay down in hiding behind the hospital to catch some sleep.
(c) They break up in search of other doctors.
(d) They go behind the hospital to eat some biscuits and rice balls.

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

5. What are the people at Asano Park promised by a young officer?
(a) No more bombing would occur.
(b) A naval hospital ship is coming.
(c) A number of doctors with medical supplies are on their way.
(d) A plane is coming to lift the wounded to the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. By February 1946, what condition is Miss Sasaki in when Father Kleinsorge visits her?

2. What does the women holding the dead baby keep requesting of Mr. Tanimoto?

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

4. What does a young man who is staying at the same hospital as that of Miss Sasaki give her?

5. What happens to Mr. Tanimoto's health a few weeks after the bombing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are the views of the people of Hiroshima about the ethics of using the bomb?

8. Describe Mr. Tanaka.

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

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

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