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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Fukai, the Secretary of the diocese, keep saying while he's being rescued?
(a) "I must save this building."
(b) "I must find my family."
(c) "Leave me here to die."
(d) "I don't want to die."

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

4. Why does the Jesuit's mission house remain standing after the bombing?
(a) No one knows.
(b) It used to be a shelter.
(c) It was braced and double braced.
(d) Its concrete was extroardinarily thick.

5. In Chapter 2, after the bombing, why does Mr. Tanimoto run towards the city when everyone else is running out?
(a) He wants to see if his wife and baby are okay.
(b) He wants to get food for the hungry.
(c) He needs to find doctors to help the wounded.
(d) He wants to get some valuables out of his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?

2. Mrs. Nakamura dresses her children in everything except for...

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

4. What is Miss Toshinki Sasaki's profession?

5. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

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