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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a roar of approaching planes is heard at Asano Park, the baker commands people to take off garments having what color?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Orange.
(d) White.

2. When Father Kleinsorge arrives to the hospital, what condition is he in?
(a) He is terribly pale and very shaky.
(b) He has a terrible rash all over.
(c) He is bleeding profusely.
(d) He is unconscious.

3. What does the news that was heard on the radio August 15 convey?
(a) The war has just begun.
(b) The war will continue.
(c) The war is over.
(d) Japan still has a chance to win the war.

4. What in particular causes Miss Sasaki unease as she looks at the ruins of Hiroshima?
(a) The large number of mice roaming the streets.
(b) The sight of dead naked children stacked together.
(c) The sight of grass and flowers among the ruins.
(d) The amount of peoples' ashes piled on the ground.

5. What do Dr. Fujii's five grown children grow up to do?
(a) They each follow a career path different than one another.
(b) They live off of their father.
(c) Three of them follow in their father's footsteps and two of them become teachers.
(d) They follow in their father's footsteps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the two girls who Mr. Tanimoto rescues keep complaining about?

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

3. Early in the afternoon, what sweeps into Asano Park?

4. In the afternoon of the third day after the bombing, what does Dr. Sasaki become obsessed with?

5. What happens to Mr. Tanimoto's health a few weeks after the bombing?

(see the answer key)

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