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

2. What does one of the two girls who Mr. Tanimoto rescues keep complaining about?
(a) She complains that she is very nauseous.
(b) She complains that she is hot.
(c) She complains that she is cold.
(d) She complains that her burns are too painful.

3. In Chapter 2, after the bombing, why does Mr. Tanimoto run towards the city when everyone else is running out?
(a) He wants to see if his wife and baby are okay.
(b) He needs to find doctors to help the wounded.
(c) He wants to get some valuables out of his home.
(d) He wants to get food for the hungry.

4. What happens to Mrs. Nakamura a few weeks after the bombing?
(a) She becomes deaf.
(b) She experiences fainting spells.
(c) She becomes blind.
(d) She becomes bald.

5. In Chapter 2, the author writes that most people in Hiroshima were too busy or too weary or too badly hurt to do what?
(a) To care that the U.S. president and their own government officials were making radio announcements.
(b) To care that they were the objects of the first great experiment in the use of atomic power.
(c) To care when they heard that another big city had been bombed.
(d) To know whether or not they would receive any aid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor tell Mother Superior about Father Kleinsorge?

2. What do Japanese scientists announce after having investigated Hiroshima?

3. What is the Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto doing when the bomb drops?

4. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?

5. At the Red Cross Hospital, how many doctors are available for ten thousand patients?

(see the answer key)

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