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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many people in Hiroshima are killed by the atomic bomb?
(a) Two hundred and fifty thousand.
(b) Three hundred thousand.
(c) Two hundred thousand.
(d) A hundred thousand.

4. Prior to the bombing, what happens to Hiroshima's population?
(a) It is increased to help clear the fire lanes.
(b) It becomes absent of many professionals who flee the city.
(c) It is reduced due to several evacuation programs.
(d) It suffers poverty due to the war.

5. Who does the prefecture order to help clear the fire lanes?
(a) The boys from secondary schools.
(b) The girls from secondary schools.
(c) The male students from colleges and universities.
(d) The female students from colleges and universities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Tanimoto finds his wife after the bombing?

2. What does Mr. Fukai, the Secretary of the diocese, keep saying while he's being rescued?

3. When a roar of approaching planes is heard at Asano Park, the baker commands people to take off garments having what color?

4. In Chapter 2, why does Mr. Tanimoto run back to a hillock in the rayon man's garden?

5. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

(see the answer key)

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