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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki wake up at three A.M. the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) There is extra housework to do.
(b) She hears the warning sirens.
(c) She has a long commute to work.
(d) She had a nightmare.

2. How many children does Mrs. Hasuyo Nakamura have?
(a) She has one son and two daughters.
(b) She has a son and a daughter.
(c) She has two sons and two daughters.
(d) She has two daughters and one son.

3. What did those who were burnt beg for?
(a) Water.
(b) Help.
(c) Food.
(d) A doctor.

4. How does Mrs. Nakamura's husband die?
(a) He dies while serving in the army.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He is killed in a car accident.

5. Who eventually comes looking for Miss Sasaki and finds her?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Father Nagatsuka.
(d) Mr. Fukai.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a Molotov flower basket?

3. How do the Nakamura children react during the night at Asano Park?

4. In Chapter 2, the author writes that most people in Hiroshima were too busy or too weary or too badly hurt to do what?

5. What is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge doing when the bomb falls?

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