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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 happens to the Kataoka children, sister and brother, whom Father Kleinsorge finds?
(a) It is discovered that their entire family is dead.
(b) They have to be separated.
(c) They are returned to their mother.
(d) They die.

2. In Hiroshima, Father Kleinsorges is one of thousands of sufferers; in Tokyo...
(a) He is a curiosity.
(b) His case is very common.
(c) He is one of a million sufferers.
(d) He is one of a hundred sufferers.

3. As symptoms of radiation disease reveal themselves, it becomes clear that many of them resemble the effects of...
(a) An overdose of x-rays.
(b) An overdose of electromagnetic spectrum.
(c) An overdose of gamma rays.
(d) An overdose of electromagnetic radiation.

4. Who is the person Miss Sasaki thinks about while in the hospital?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her fiance.
(d) Her brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At Asano Park, after Father Kleinsorge tries to settle down for the night, prays, and falls asleep, what wakes him up?

3. What does Mr. Tanimoto have to keep consciously repeating to himself in order to get all the people across the river?

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

5. What concern is there about giving Father Kliensorge a blood transfusion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Tanimoto see when he goes to find a doctor at an aid station?

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

4. What theory does Dr. Sasaki and his colleagues at the Red Cross Hospital make about the first stage of the radiation disease?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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