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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. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?
(a) "The government is going to save us."
(b) "The Americans are dropping gasoline."
(c) "The Americans are dropping some kind of poison."
(d) "More B-29s!"

2. What does Mr. Tanimoto do after the people at the park are promised to receive help?
(a) He falls asleep, exhausted.
(b) He helps settle people in for the night.
(c) He tries to keep everyone in the park calm and collective.
(d) He resumes ferrying the wounded across the river.

3. What is Miss Sasaki's neighbor at the factory mistaken about?
(a) She thinks no one will come save them.
(b) She thinks it's safer to stay put.
(c) She thinks her back is broken.
(d) She thinks she will bleed to death.

4. What does Mr. Tanaka do as Mr. Tanimoto reads the psalm?
(a) He asks him to stop.
(b) He loses consciesness.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He dies.

5. Mr. Tanimoto carries water from the river to the people, an act which...
(a) Turns out to be a mistake.
(b) Saves a number of people.
(c) He is proud to have been able to do.
(d) He regrets having done.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a shortwave rebroadcast announcement by the President of the United States do?

2. Where does Mrs. Nakamura and her children go to after leaving the park?

3. What did Mrs. Nakamura's deceased husband do for a living?

4. What is the condition of one of the wounded people lying beside Miss Sasaki?

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

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