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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, why does Mr. Tanimoto run back to a hillock in the rayon man's garden?
(a) He wants to get a view of Hiroshima.
(b) He wants to hide in a better area.
(c) He wants to help more wounded people.
(d) He wants to find his friends.

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

4. How does Mr. Tarimoto react when he sees his wife?
(a) He embraces her and their baby.
(b) He weeps and expresses how worried he'd been about them.
(c) He says, "Oh, you are safe."
(d) He is horrified by the sight of her wounds.

5. 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 two other wounded people, a man and a woman.
(c) She is laid with four other wounded, two men and two women.
(d) She is laid with three children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

2. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?

3. What is Dr. Terufumi Sasaki doing when the bomb drops?

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

5. After the explosion, what does Father Kleinsorge run around in?

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