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

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

3. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...
(a) Having heard the all clear sounding.
(b) Having heard any sirens warning of the bomb hours prior to the bombing.
(c) Having heard people calling to be rescued.
(d) Having heard any noise of the bomb.

4. What does Mrs. Nakamura do as soon as everything turns white?
(a) She hides beneath the bed.
(b) She turns towards her children.
(c) She kneels down and covers her head.
(d) She runs outside.

5. What is the condition of one of the wounded people lying beside Miss Sasaki?
(a) A soldier's eye sockets are hollow from the burns.
(b) A man has lost his arm.
(c) An old woman is nearly dead.
(d) A woman has lost her breast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ends up happening to Father Kleinsorge's wounds a few weeks after the bombing?

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

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

4. How many patients does Dr. Fujii have prior to the bombing?

5. What does the first army doctor who sees Miss Sasaki say?

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