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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people attribute their sickness of nausea and vomiting to?
(a) Gas the Americans dropped.
(b) The terrible smell of the bomb.
(c) The food they'd eaten.
(d) The water they'd drank.

2. Prior to the bombing, what happens to Hiroshima's population?
(a) It is increased to help clear the fire lanes.
(b) It suffers poverty due to the war.
(c) It is reduced due to several evacuation programs.
(d) It becomes absent of many professionals who flee the city.

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

4. On what day is the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) August 1, 1945.
(b) August 6, 1945.
(c) August 16, 1945.
(d) August 26, 1945.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mr. Tanimoto and Father Kleinsorge eat from the garden on the way to the shelter?

2. When is the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

3. What does Mrs. Nakamura do as soon as everything turns white?

4. What does Mrs. Nakamura do with the sewing machine prior to leaving her home?

5. What do the Japanese call the B-29?

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