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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Panic Grass and Feverfew.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A year after the bomb is dropped, Miss Sasaki is...
(a) A cripple.
(b) A happy woman.
(c) Married.
(d) In a deep depression.

2. What do the civilians hear on the radio that brings them tears?
(a) The pilot of Enola Gay saying he didn't realize the magnitute of what he was doing.
(b) The Emperor's voice.
(c) Their government promising to rebuild their homes.
(d) People expressing the horros they'd undergone as a result of the bombing.

3. What is Mrs. Halsuyo Nakamura's profession?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a tailor.
(d) She is a dental assistant.

4. What does Dr. Fujii do the night after the explosion?
(a) He helps the wounded at Asano Park.
(b) He lies on the ground at Asano Park, unable to help the wounded.
(c) He lies on the floor in his family's roofless house.
(d) He helps the wounded at the Red Cross Hospital.

5. Why does Dr. Fujii have to get up early on the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) He has to tend to newcoming patients.
(b) He has to make breakfast for his children.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?

2. Who is the person Miss Sasaki thinks about while in the hospital?

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

4. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

5. What does a young man who is staying at the same hospital as that of Miss Sasaki give her?

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