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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Early in the afternoon, what sweeps into Asano Park?
(a) Dust.
(b) Bombing.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Fire.

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

3. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?
(a) There is no relation.
(b) She is his cousin.
(c) She is his niece.
(d) She is his sister-in-law.

4. What is the 20-year-old woman doing when Mr. Tanimoto sees her?
(a) She is trying to feed her dead infant son as if he's alive.
(b) She is carrying her dead infant daughter in her arms.
(c) She is talking to her dead infant daughter as if she's alive.
(d) She is bundling her dead infant son to keep him warm.

5. What do Mr. Tanimoto and Father Kleinsorge eat from the garden on the way to the shelter?
(a) Roasted potatoes.
(b) A roasted corn on the cob.
(c) A roasted pumpkin.
(d) Roasted peanuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

2. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...

3. What are the huge drops of water falling from the sky?

4. Who does Dr. Terufimi Sasaki live with?

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

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