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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Noiseless Flash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people hear prior to the bomb dropping?
(a) The all-clear sound.
(b) The warning siren.
(c) A radio announcement assuring everyone that all is safe.
(d) A plane flying over.

2. What is the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He is about to deliver a cart of food at an old man's home in the suburbs.
(b) He is about to take a long walk in the suburbs.
(c) He is about to knock on the door of a relative's home who lives in the suburbs.
(d) He is about to unload a cart of clothes at a rich man's home in the suburbs.

3. What does Dr. Terufumi Sasaki do without a permit?
(a) He treats patients with illnesses he is not an expert in.
(b) He charges his patients.
(c) He visits a few sick people.
(d) He sells medicine.

4. How many people in Hiroshima are killed by the atomic bomb?
(a) A hundred thousand.
(b) Two hundred and fifty thousand.
(c) Three hundred thousand.
(d) Two hundred thousand.

5. Where does Dr. Fujii work?
(a) He operates a family-owned clinic.
(b) He works at a local clinic.
(c) He operates a private hospital.
(d) He works at Hiroshima Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

2. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?

3. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?

4. What is Miss Toshinki doing when the bomb drops?

5. How does Mrs. Nakamura's husband die?

(see the answer key)

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