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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the atomic bomb survivors eventually entitled to?
(a) Health books that give them access to free medical treatment.
(b) Bank books that give them a hundred dollars a month.
(c) Low-income housing.
(d) An education book that gives them to free schooling.

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

3. What does Dr. Fujii do in 1956?
(a) He retires from his medical field.
(b) He opens a clinic to operate plastic surgery for the so-called Hiroshima maidens.
(c) He is sent to New York with 25 handicapped girls.
(d) He takes the so-called Hiroshima Maidens to Germany for treatment.

4. Mostly, what food is brought back from the shelter for the wounded?
(a) Rice.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Potatoes.

5. What does Mrs. Nakamura do as soon as everything turns white?
(a) She runs outside.
(b) She hides beneath the bed.
(c) She turns towards her children.
(d) She kneels down and covers her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Nakamura's husband die?

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

3. How do the Nakamura children react during the night at Asano Park?

4. What does Dr. Terufumi Sasaki do without a permit?

5. A year after the bomb is dropped, what condition is Mr. Tanimoto's church in?

(see the answer key)

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