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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. With whom is Miss Sasaki laid on a large sheet under the rain?
(a) She is laid with four other wounded, two men and two women.
(b) She is laid with two other wounded people, a man and a woman.
(c) She is laid with three children.
(d) She is laid with one other person.

2. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She is watching her five year old from the bedroom window.
(b) She is fixing up her childrens' bedroom.
(c) She is watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.
(d) She is cooking a meal for her children in the kitchen.

3. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?
(a) "More B-29s!"
(b) "The Americans are dropping some kind of poison."
(c) "The government is going to save us."
(d) "The Americans are dropping gasoline."

4. Why does the Jesuit's mission house remain standing after the bombing?
(a) It used to be a shelter.
(b) Its concrete was extroardinarily thick.
(c) It was braced and double braced.
(d) No one knows.

5. How does Mr. Tarimoto react when he sees his wife?
(a) He embraces her and their baby.
(b) He says, "Oh, you are safe."
(c) He is horrified by the sight of her wounds.
(d) He weeps and expresses how worried he'd been about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Halsuyo Nakamura's profession?

2. What does Dr. Terufumi Sasaki do without a permit?

3. What is Miss Sasaki's neighbor at the factory mistaken about?

4. How does Mrs. Nakamura's husband die?

5. Mostly, what food is brought back from the shelter for the wounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the weather and conditions like as Dr. Fujii walks over the bridge after the bombing?

2. Prior to the bombing, why do the police question Mr. Tanimoto several times?

3. The day of the bombing, what is Mr. Tanimoto's morning like?

4. How does Dr. Sasaki work at the Red Cross Hospital under the horrific circumstances?

5. How does Mr. Fukai, the secretary of the diocese, behave after Hiroshima is hit by the bomb?

6. What puzzles Dr. Fujii and his doctor friend about what they see after the bombing?

7. What is Mrs. Nakamura doing the morning of the bombing?

8. What may have saved Dr. Sasaki's life the morning of the bomb?

9. What is the manner in which Miss Sasaki is rescued?

10. Describe Dr. Masakazu Fujii and his lifestyle prior to the bombing.

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