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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 does NOT happen to the people at Asano Park?
(a) They vomit.
(b) They die.
(c) They have serious burns.
(d) Their hair falls off.

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

3. What is Dr. Terufumi Sasaki doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He is drawing a blood test from a patient for a Wasserman test.
(b) He is collecting blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(c) He is walking along a hospital corridor with a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.
(d) He is examining a blood specimen for a Wasserman test.

4. Why does Mr. Tanaka send his daughter for Mr. Tanimoto, whom he hadn't been on good terms with?
(a) He knows Mr. Tanimoto is good hearted and would assist him any way he could.
(b) He knows he is dying and is willing to be comforted by any religion.
(c) He knows he is dying and wants to ask Mr. Tanimoto to look after his daughter.
(d) He wants to apologize for the way he had treated Mr. Tanimoto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Tanimoto carries water from the river to the people, an act which...

2. When is the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

3. In Chapter 3, what gesture makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical and want to cry suddenly?

4. On August 7th, what radio broadcast announcement do the Japanese make?

5. What falls on Miss Sasaki's legs after the bomb drops?

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