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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does NOT happen to the people at Asano Park?
(a) They die.
(b) Their hair falls off.
(c) They vomit.
(d) They have serious burns.

4. What is Dr. Terufumi Sasaki doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He is collecting blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(b) He is walking along a hospital corridor with a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(c) He is examining a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(d) He is drawing a blood test from a patient for a Wasserman test.

5. What is the 20-year-old woman doing when Mr. Tanimoto sees her?
(a) She is talking to her dead infant daughter as if she's alive.
(b) She is carrying her dead infant daughter in her arms.
(c) She is bundling her dead infant son to keep him warm.
(d) She is trying to feed her dead infant son as if he's alive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do people hear prior to the bomb dropping?

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

4. On what day is the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

5. In Chapter 2, why does Mr. Tanimoto run back to a hillock in the rayon man's garden?

(see the answer key)

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