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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Panic Grass and Feverfew.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the rumor being spread about the atomic bomb do to Mrs. Nakamura and her children?
(a) The rumor makes them lose all hope of ever regaining their normal lives.
(b) The rumor arouses more hatred and resentment of America than they had felt all through the war.
(c) The rumor makes them feel more resigned and passive about the moral issue of the atomic bomb.
(d) The rumor makes them wish they had died the moment the bomb dropped.

3. When Father Kleinsorge arrives to the hospital, what condition is he in?
(a) He is unconscious.
(b) He is terribly pale and very shaky.
(c) He has a terrible rash all over.
(d) He is bleeding profusely.

4. Who helps Mrs. Nakamura free the children?
(a) She frees them herself.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) Dr. Sasaki.
(d) Mr. Tarimoto.

5. What ends up happening to Father Kleinsorge's wounds a few weeks after the bombing?
(a) They are healed with no medication whatsoever.
(b) They are healed with proper medication.
(c) They become infected and require surgery.
(d) They open wider and are swollen and inflamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Mr. Tanimoto able to bring a doctor to Asano Park?

2. Once Mrs. Nakamura takes her children out into the street, what does she worry about?

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?

4. Why does Mr. Tanaka send his daughter for Mr. Tanimoto, whom he hadn't been on good terms with?

5. What did those who were burnt beg for?

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