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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?
(a) His wife lives there.
(b) The Osaka News delivers the most accurate news.
(c) He plans to move there after the war.
(d) His clinic is in Osaka.

2. Why is Mrs. Nakamura's neighbor tearing down his house before the bombing?
(a) It lies in a dangerous spot.
(b) He wants to build a small shelter instead.
(c) He wants to build a new home.
(d) It lies in the path of an air-raid-defense fire lane.

3. Why does Dr. Fujii have to get up early on the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) He has to make breakfast for his children.
(b) He has to see a houseguest off on a train.
(c) He has to pack his belongings in preparation to go to the shelter.
(d) He has to tend to newcoming patients.

4. What do the Japanese call the B-29?
(a) Mr. Bomb.
(b) Mr. B-29.
(c) Mr. 29.
(d) Mr. B.

5. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?
(a) He was a surgeon.
(b) He was a clerk.
(c) He was a tailor.
(d) He was a government official.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Reverend Mr. Tanimoto's wife and baby when the bomb falls?

3. At what time does the atomic bomb flash above Hiroshima?

4. How many people in Hiroshima are killed by the atomic bomb?

5. What is the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto doing when the bomb drops?

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