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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What it something Dr. Fujii feel despite the misery all around him?
(a) He is afraid that he lost all his wealth.
(b) He is positive that most of the wounded will survive.
(c) He wishes he wasn't a doctor so he wouldn't have to attend to anyone.
(d) He is ashamed of his appearance.

2. How many children does Mrs. Hasuyo Nakamura have?
(a) She has a son and a daughter.
(b) She has two daughters and one son.
(c) She has two sons and two daughters.
(d) She has one son and two daughters.

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

4. What is Miss Sasaki's neighbor at the factory mistaken about?
(a) She thinks no one will come save them.
(b) She thinks she will bleed to death.
(c) She thinks it's safer to stay put.
(d) She thinks her back is broken.

5. In Chapter 2, after the bombing, why does Mr. Tanimoto run towards the city when everyone else is running out?
(a) He wants to get some valuables out of his home.
(b) He wants to get food for the hungry.
(c) He wants to see if his wife and baby are okay.
(d) He needs to find doctors to help the wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki wake up at three A.M. the morning the bomb is dropped?

2. After being at the park for a while, what becomes the peoples' concern?

3. Why is Mrs. Nakamura's neighbor tearing down his house before the bombing?

4. Mr. Tanimoto carries water from the river to the people, an act which...

5. For more than a month, Dr. Sasaki works...

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