Hiroshima Quiz

John Hersey

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Mr. Tanimoto do after the people at the park are promised to receive help? (from Details are Being Investigated)

He resumes ferrying the wounded across the river.

He falls asleep, exhausted.

He helps settle people in for the night.

He tries to keep everyone in the park calm and collective.

2.

Where does Miss Sasaki eventually take her siblings to be cared for? (from The Aftermath)

She takes them to an orphanage.

She takes them to Father Kleinsurge's chapel.

She takes them to her grandparent's home.

She takes them to her cousin's home.

3.

In Chapter 3, when Mr. Tanimoto reaches down to the river and takes a woman by the hand, what sickens him so much that he has to sit down? (from Details are Being Investigated)

Her skin slips off in huge, glovelike pieces.

He hears her joints disconnecting from each other.

Her hands are as hard as clay.

Her bones break through her skin.

4.

What rumor is spread as a result of people feeling sick nearly a month after the atomic bomb? (from Panic Grass and Feverfew)

Anyone who was poisoned by the atomic bomb will live a miximum of 7 years.

The atomic bomb had deposited some sort of poison on Hiroshima that will give off deadly emanations for 7 years.

The atomic bomb gave off poison that will eat away at the victims' bodies for the next 7 years.

The poison deposited by the atomic bomb is contagious.

5.

With whom is Miss Sasaki laid on a large sheet under the rain? (from The Fire)

She is laid with two other wounded people, a man and a woman.

She is laid with four other wounded, two men and two women.

She is laid with one other person.

She is laid with three children.

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