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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Details are Being Investigated.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Nakamura children react during the night at Asano Park?
(a) They cough and vomit throughout the night.
(b) They are frightnened by what is happening.
(c) They are interested in everything that happens.
(d) They cry throughout the night.

2. In the afternoon of the third day after the bombing, what does Dr. Sasaki become obsessed with?
(a) The fact that 100,000 people were killed within an instant.
(b) The idea that he is contaminated with radioactivity.
(c) The idea that his mother thinks he is dead.
(d) The idea that such horrific act as the atomic bomb could take place.

3. To the Japanese, what is a greater moral responsibility than adequate care of the living?
(a) Disposal of the dead by decent cremation and enshrinment.
(b) Cremation is the responsibility of relatives only.
(c) Cremation should be attended to only after the survivors have been taken care of.
(d) Cremation is not important under dire circumstances.

4. What do people hear prior to the bomb dropping?
(a) The all-clear sound.
(b) A radio announcement assuring everyone that all is safe.
(c) The warning siren.
(d) A plane flying over.

5. Where does Dr. Fujii work?
(a) He works at Hiroshima Hospital.
(b) He works at a local clinic.
(c) He operates a family-owned clinic.
(d) He operates a private hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the women holding the dead baby keep requesting of Mr. Tanimoto?

2. What does the man who tries to rescue Miss Sasaki tell her?

3. After the bombing, what happens to Dr. Fujii's hospital?

4. What are the people at Asano Park promised by a young officer?

5. After 19 straight hours of gruesome work, what does Dr. Sasaki and other survivors of the hospital staff do?

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