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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 chat with a patient.
(c) He has just begun to give orders to his nurse.
(d) He has just sat down to drink a cup of coffee on the porch.

4. Where does Dr. Sasaki work?
(a) The Red Cross Hospital.
(b) Hiroshima Hospital.
(c) The Hiroshima University hospital.
(d) A private clinic.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls on Miss Sasaki's legs after the bomb drops?

2. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...

3. What is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge doing when the bomb falls?

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

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

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