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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She is watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.
(b) She is fixing up her childrens' bedroom.
(c) She is cooking a meal for her children in the kitchen.
(d) She is watching her five year old from the bedroom window.

2. What becomes of Dr. Sasaki's financial situation?
(a) He loses a lot of money.
(b) He becomes the richest doctor in Hiroshima.
(c) He prospers.
(d) He makes enough to buy a decent home.

3. At Asano Park, how do the wounded die?
(a) They scream in pain.
(b) They complain the whole way through.
(c) They die quietly.
(d) They beg to be treated.

4. In Chapter 2, the author writes that most people in Hiroshima were too busy or too weary or too badly hurt to do what?
(a) To know whether or not they would receive any aid.
(b) To care that the U.S. president and their own government officials were making radio announcements.
(c) To care that they were the objects of the first great experiment in the use of atomic power.
(d) To care when they heard that another big city had been bombed.

5. What ends up happening to Mrs. Nakamura's children after they grow up?
(a) They all become highly educated.
(b) They all get married.
(c) They all get high paying jobs.
(d) They all become very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the bombing, what happens to Hiroshima's population?

2. What texts does Father Kleinsorge believe are the two texts that never tell lies?

3. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

4. After the bombing, what happens to Dr. Fujii's hospital?

5. Where is the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto's wife and baby when the bomb falls?

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