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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. What is Mrs. Halsuyo Nakamura's profession?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She is a dental assistant.
(c) She is a tailor.
(d) She is a teacher.

2. What does the man who tries to rescue Miss Sasaki tell her?
(a) "I am too weak to get you out of here."
(b) "Don't move! I'll return in an hour!"
(c) "We have no men to help you! You'll have to get out by yourself."
(d) "If you hang onto my arm, I'll be able to pull you out."

3. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...
(a) Having heard people calling to be rescued.
(b) Having heard any sirens warning of the bomb hours prior to the bombing.
(c) Having heard any noise of the bomb.
(d) Having heard the all clear sounding.

4. What does Mrs. Nakamura do with the sewing machine prior to leaving her home?
(a) She buries it under some furniture.
(b) She hides it in the cement tank of water in front of her house.
(c) She hides it in the closet.
(d) She leaves it where it is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After 19 straight hours of gruesome work, what does Dr. Sasaki and other survivors of the hospital staff do?

2. Why does Mr. Tanaka expect all the doctors of Hiroshima to come to him?

3. How many children does Mrs. Hasuyo Nakamura have?

4. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki wake up at three A.M. the morning the bomb is dropped?

5. What does Mrs. Nakamura do as soon as everything turns white?

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