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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many patients does Dr. Fujii have prior to the bombing?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 2.
(d) 26.

2. In general, the survivors of Hiroshima...
(a) They assisted only their relatives or immediate neighbors.
(b) They were too shocked to help anyone but themselves.
(c) They only assisted the women, children and elders.
(d) They tried to help everyone around them.

3. Mrs. Nakamura dresses her children in everything except for...
(a) Shoes.
(b) Air-raid helmets.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) Gloves.

4. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?
(a) They wonder why they lived while so many others died.
(b) They wonder whether the atomic bomb will ever be used again.
(c) They wonder if their lives will ever be normal again.
(d) They wonder why the Americnas used such a bomb on them.

5. Who does the prefecture order to help clear the fire lanes?
(a) The male students from colleges and universities.
(b) The female students from colleges and universities.
(c) The girls from secondary schools.
(d) The boys from secondary schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Mrs. Nakamura takes her children out into the street, what does she worry about?

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

3. In Chapter 2, why does Mr. Tanimoto run back to a hillock in the rayon man's garden?

4. What is a Molotov flower basket?

5. For more than a month, Dr. Sasaki works...

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