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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of one of the wounded people lying beside Miss Sasaki?
(a) A woman has lost her breast.
(b) A soldier's eye sockets are hollow from the burns.
(c) A man has lost his arm.
(d) An old woman is nearly dead.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 5, how does Mrs. Nakamura keep her children and herself alive?
(a) She lives off of her in-laws.
(b) She lives off of her husband's money bond.
(c) She works as a hairdresser.
(d) She sews and does domestic work.

3. What does a young man who is staying at the same hospital as that of Miss Sasaki give her?
(a) A ring.
(b) A pen.
(c) A book.
(d) A watch.

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

5. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She is watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.
(b) She is fixing up her childrens' bedroom.
(c) She is watching her five year old from the bedroom window.
(d) She is cooking a meal for her children in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. A year after the bomb is dropped, Miss Sasaki is...

2. Mrs. Nakamura dresses her children in everything except for...

3. What experience is for Dr. Sasaki more important than the bombing?

4. What marks Mrs. Nakamura as the lowest and saddest moment of her whole life?

5. Among other things, what does Dr. Sasaki build?

(see the answer key)

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