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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Nakamura dresses her children in everything except for...
(a) Air-raid helmets.
(b) Shoes.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) Gloves.

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

3. With whom is Miss Sasaki laid on a large sheet under the rain?
(a) She is laid with one other person.
(b) She is laid with three children.
(c) She is laid with four other wounded, two men and two women.
(d) She is laid with two other wounded people, a man and a woman.

4. For more than a month, Dr. Sasaki works...
(a) Without having any glasses.
(b) With a badly injured leg.
(c) With a badly injured arm.
(d) Wearing someone else's glasses.

5. In general, the survivors of Hiroshima...
(a) They only assisted the women, children and elders.
(b) They tried to help everyone around them.
(c) They were too shocked to help anyone but themselves.
(d) They assisted only their relatives or immediate neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does NOT happen to the people at Asano Park?

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

4. What did those who were burnt beg for?

5. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki wake up at three A.M. the morning the bomb is dropped?

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