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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Details are Being Investigated.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?
(a) "The Americans are dropping some kind of poison."
(b) "The government is going to save us."
(c) "The Americans are dropping gasoline."
(d) "More B-29s!"

2. Why isn't Mr. Tanimoto able to bring a doctor to Asano Park?
(a) The doctors tell him there is no hope in saving those who are wounded by the bomb.
(b) Doctors elsewhere have thousands of their own wounded to care for.
(c) He can't find any.
(d) The doctors he meets are badly wounded themselves.

3. How many people in Hiroshima are killed by the atomic bomb?
(a) Two hundred thousand.
(b) Two hundred and fifty thousand.
(c) A hundred thousand.
(d) Three hundred thousand.

4. What happens to the Kataoka children, sister and brother, whom Father Kleinsorge finds?
(a) They die.
(b) It is discovered that their entire family is dead.
(c) They have to be separated.
(d) They are returned to their mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the civilians hear on the radio that brings them tears?

2. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?

3. When a roar of approaching planes is heard at Asano Park, the baker commands people to take off garments having what color?

4. Who eventually comes looking for Miss Sasaki and finds her?

5. What happens when Mr. Tanimoto finds his wife after the bombing?

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