[Ragtop_Renegade]

Your friend probably told you, but just in case he didn't (he is probably STILL nursing off a nasty headache) the hood opens backwards, aka rear to front, aka "suicide hinged", like vintage Corvettes do. Naturally, if you're trying to open the wrong side you'll be quite unsuccessful!
FYI, in Fierospeak (and mid-enginespeak in general) the "hood" is called the front compartment lid, since the term hood tend to imply there's an engine underneath. Going along with that, the "trunk" lid is called a decklid, as one doesn't expect an engine to be in a trunk.

Under the urethane bumper cover are egg-crate looking plastic absorbers that help the Fiero meet Federal 5 mph bumper requirements. Behind those lives the actual steel bumper, mounted in line with the integrated frame rails using collapsible absorbers.

Chances are the bumper is bent up pretty badly, the absorbers are destroyed, and the radiator core support may or may not be a little twisted up. Naturally this means you may or may not need a new radiator. As stated before, a little creativity is all you need to rebuild a functional core support using an off the shelf selection of light gage angle, plate, channel, rod, and i-beam. The front compartment lid hinges may be bent, but this isn't a hard thing to deal with.