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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 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 begun to chat with a patient.
(d) He has just sat down to drink a cup of coffee on the porch.

2. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...
(a) Having heard any sirens warning of the bomb hours prior to the bombing.
(b) Having heard any noise of the bomb.
(c) Having heard people calling to be rescued.
(d) Having heard the all clear sounding.

3. Where is the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto's wife and baby when the bomb falls?
(a) They are spending the night with a friend in another city.
(b) They are at home while he finds a place for their valuables.
(c) They are staying at the church with others.
(d) They are sleeping in the shelter.

4. What nationality is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge?
(a) American.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Belgian.

5. Before the bomb falls, what does everyone in Hiroshima expect to suffer?
(a) The atomic bomb.
(b) A hydrogen bomb.
(c) Poison gas.
(d) Massive B-29 raids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Fujii work?

2. What does Mrs. Nakamura do as soon as everything turns white?

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

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

5. What do the Japanese call the B-29?

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