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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many patients does Dr. Fujii have prior to the bombing?
(a) 15.
(b) 26.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

2. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?
(a) They wonder if their lives will ever be normal again.
(b) They wonder why they lived while so many others died.
(c) They wonder whether the atomic bomb will ever be used again.
(d) They wonder why the Americnas used such a bomb on them.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the prefecture order to help clear the fire lanes?

2. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?

3. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

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

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

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