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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a young man who is staying at the same hospital as that of Miss Sasaki give her?
(a) A book.
(b) A ring.
(c) A pen.
(d) A watch.

2. What does the doctor tell Mother Superior about Father Kleinsorge?
(a) "We'll get him out of here in three months."
(b) "He'll die."
(c) "With the right treatment, he'll live a healthy normal life."
(d) "We can't help him here."

3. What in particular causes Miss Sasaki unease as she looks at the ruins of Hiroshima?
(a) The sight of grass and flowers among the ruins.
(b) The amount of peoples' ashes piled on the ground.
(c) The sight of dead naked children stacked together.
(d) The large number of mice roaming the streets.

4. What does the first army doctor who sees Miss Sasaki say?
(a) Her leg needs a simple surgery.
(b) Her body is poisoned by gas gangrene.
(c) She is going to die.
(d) Her leg has to be amputated.

5. On August 7th, what radio broadcast announcement do the Japanese make?
(a) "It is believed that a new type of bomb was used on Hiroshima. The details are being investigated."
(b) "The bomb has left few survivors."
(c) "The bomb used by the Americans had two thousand times the blast power of the British Grand Slam, which is the largest bomb yet used in the history of wartime."
(d) "The bomb used by the Americans had more power than twenty thousand tons of TNT."

6. After the bombing, what two feeling predominate the citizens of Hiroshima for the Americans?
(a) Wonderment and disgust.
(b) Compassion and frustration.
(c) Indifference and hatred.
(d) Jealousy and resentment.

7. How do the Nakamura children react during the night at Asano Park?
(a) They are frightnened by what is happening.
(b) They cough and vomit throughout the night.
(c) They cry throughout the night.
(d) They are interested in everything that happens.

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

9. Who eventually comes looking for Miss Sasaki and finds her?
(a) Father Nagatsuka.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her siblings.
(d) Mr. Fukai.

10. When Father Kleinsorge arrives to the hospital, what condition is he in?
(a) He is bleeding profusely.
(b) He has a terrible rash all over.
(c) He is terribly pale and very shaky.
(d) He is unconscious.

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

12. On August 15, who publicly speaks for the first time in Japanese history over the radio?
(a) The prime minister of Japan.
(b) The American president.
(c) Hirohito, the Emperor Tenno.
(d) The president of Japan.

13. What is the one feeling the survivors of Hiroshima share?
(a) The feeling of elated community spirit.
(b) The desire to assist other atomic bomb victims.
(c) The hope that everything will one day be better.
(d) The hatred for Americans.

14. What does a shortwave rebroadcast announcement by the President of the United States do?
(a) It warns of another bomb expected to hit Japan.
(b) It expresses sympathy for the citizens who were killed and wounded.
(c) It identifies the number of people the bomb killed.
(d) It identifies the new bomb as atomic.

15. What happens to Mrs. Nakamura a few weeks after the bombing?
(a) She becomes bald.
(b) She experiences fainting spells.
(c) She becomes deaf.
(d) She becomes blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor is spread as a result of people feeling sick nearly a month after the atomic bomb?

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

3. A year after the bomb is dropped, what condition is Mr. Tanimoto's church in?

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

5. What does Dr. Sasaki feel should happen to the men who decided to use the bomb?

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