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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people attribute their sickness of nausea and vomiting to?
(a) The water they'd drank.
(b) The food they'd eaten.
(c) The terrible smell of the bomb.
(d) Gas the Americans dropped.

2. What happens in 1966 when Nakamura retires from Suyama Chemical?
(a) She is able to enjoy her life.
(b) She remains indoors for the majority of her days.
(c) She starts sewing for extra income.
(d) She starts selling baked goods from home.

3. In Chapter 3, when Mr. Tanimoto reaches down to the river and takes a woman by the hand, what sickens him so much that he has to sit down?
(a) Her hands are as hard as clay.
(b) He hears her joints disconnecting from each other.
(c) Her bones break through her skin.
(d) Her skin slips off in huge, glovelike pieces.

4. What ends up happening to Mrs. Nakamura's children after they grow up?
(a) They all become very ill.
(b) They all get married.
(c) They all become highly educated.
(d) They all get high paying jobs.

5. When is the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
(a) October 9th.
(b) September 4th.
(c) November 11th.
(d) August 9th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Mrs. Nakamura free the children?

2. What does Mrs. Nakamura have to do in order to be able to work?

3. What does the women holding the dead baby keep requesting of Mr. Tanimoto?

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

5. On August 15, who publicly speaks for the first time in Japanese history over the radio?

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