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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fire.

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 trying to feed her dead infant son as if he's alive.
(c) She is carrying her dead infant daughter in her arms.
(d) She is talking to her dead infant daughter as if she's alive.

2. What is Mr. Masakazu Fujii doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He has just begun to give orders to his nurse.
(b) He has just begun to chat with a patient.
(c) He has just sat down to drink a cup of coffee on the porch.
(d) He has just sat down to read the paper on the porch.

3. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?
(a) His clinic is in Osaka.
(b) He plans to move there after the war.
(c) His wife lives there.
(d) The Osaka News delivers the most accurate news.

4. What did those who were burnt beg for?
(a) A doctor.
(b) Food.
(c) Help.
(d) Water.

5. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?
(a) There is no relation.
(b) She is his sister-in-law.
(c) She is his niece.
(d) She is his cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the huge drops of water falling from the sky?

2. Who helps Mrs. Nakamura free the children?

3. After the bombing, at the Red Cross Hospital, Dr. Sasaki is...

4. Mostly, what food is brought back from the shelter for the wounded?

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

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