| Term | Definition |
| Sinus infections | Which of the following is not a symptom of radiation sickness? |
| A B-29 bomber | Who or what is "Mr. B"? |
| They are some of the luckiest of the survivors | Which of the following does Hersey believes about his six characters? |
| Toshio Nakamura | Which character is completely uninjured by the bomb? |
| It is unsure about the ethics of using the bomb | Father Siemes's report to the Holy See in Rome can be characterized as which of the following? |
| Uranium | What did the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima contain? |
| Scar Tissue | A keloid is a type of which of the following? |
| It is Father Kleinsorge's new Japanese name | Which of the following is correct about Father Makoto Takakura? |
| A speech given by Mr. Tanimoto in America | What is "The Faith That Grew Out of the Ashes?" |
| A group of badly burned women who require plastic surgery | Who are the Hiroshima Maidens? |
| He is thought of as being sympathetic to Americans | Why does Mr. Tanimoto volunteer to become head of the Neighborhood Association? |
| The influx of Americans into Japan helps his clinic | Why does Dr. Fujii benefit in the postwar years? |
| The hospital cremated bodies in mass graves with no labels | Which of the following is one of Dr. Sasaki's regrets about his time at the Red Cross hospital? |
| The Americans had dropped bombs on combustible targets that they knew would explode | Which of the following is not a theory, advanced in the book, about the nature of the American attack? |
| Reading a Jesuit magazine | Where is Father Kleinsorge at the moment the bomb is dropped? |
| Because there is no hope for the heavily wounded in an emergency | Why does the East Parade Ground doctor refuse to help the wounded at Asano Park? |
| The Americans drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki | Japan capitulates after which of the following happens? |
| Germany | Which of the following countries did not have nuclear capabilities in 1974? |
| A Japanese fishing vessel irradiated by hydrogen bomb tests | What is Lucky Dragon No. Five? |
| Father Siemes | Which of the following people was not in Hiroshima during the explosion? |
| The thick, new growth of wildflowers | What sudden change in Hiroshima gives Miss Sasaki the creeps? |
| Spends most of his time partying | What does Dr. Fujii do after the war? |
| He thanks the Americans for their generosity | What does Mr. Tanimoto do in a speech given at the U.S. Senate? |
| Taken an earlier train than usual | Dr. Sasaki would have most likely have been killed in the blast if he had not done which of the following? |
| Explosion-affected persons | What does the Japanese word hibakusha mean? |