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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Noiseless Flash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?
(a) She is his sister-in-law.
(b) There is no relation.
(c) She is his niece.
(d) She is his cousin.

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

3. What falls on Miss Sasaki's legs after the bomb drops?
(a) A statue.
(b) A table.
(c) A bookcase.
(d) An office desk.

4. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?
(a) The Osaka News delivers the most accurate news.
(b) His wife lives there.
(c) His clinic is in Osaka.
(d) He plans to move there after the war.

5. Why does Dr. Fujii have to get up early on the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) He has to make breakfast for his children.
(b) He has to pack his belongings in preparation to go to the shelter.
(c) He has to tend to newcoming patients.
(d) He has to see a houseguest off on a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?

2. What is Miss Toshinki Sasaki's profession?

3. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?

4. Why does the Jesuit's mission house remain standing after the bombing?

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

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