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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Japanese call the B-29?
(a) Mr. 29.
(b) Mr. B-29.
(c) Mr. B.
(d) Mr. Bomb.

2. Why is Mrs. Nakamura's neighbor tearing down his house before the bombing?
(a) It lies in the path of an air-raid-defense fire lane.
(b) It lies in a dangerous spot.
(c) He wants to build a small shelter instead.
(d) He wants to build a new home.

3. Once Mrs. Nakamura takes her children out into the street, what does she worry about?
(a) Her children being sick.
(b) Her children being cold.
(c) Her children being tired.
(d) Her children being hot.

4. What are the huge drops of water falling from the sky?
(a) They are drops of condensed moisture.
(b) They are water mixed with fission fragments.
(c) They are water coming from the hoses of firemen fighting the blaze.
(d) They are simply rain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

2. What do people hear prior to the bomb dropping?

3. What is one of the reasons that people pour into Asano Park?

4. Before the bomb falls, what does everyone in Hiroshima expect to suffer?

5. After the bombing, what happens to Dr. Fujii's hospital?

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