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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. In the afternoon of the third day after the bombing, what does Dr. Sasaki become obsessed with?
(a) The idea that such horrific act as the atomic bomb could take place.
(b) The idea that he is contaminated with radioactivity.
(c) The fact that 100,000 people were killed within an instant.
(d) The idea that his mother thinks he is dead.

2. What does Dr. Sasaki feel should happen to the men who decided to use the bomb?
(a) They should be tried and hanged.
(b) They should be shot to death.
(c) They should be bombed themselves.
(d) They should come to Japan and witness the damage they did.

3. At Asano Park, after Father Kleinsorge tries to settle down for the night, prays, and falls asleep, what wakes him up?
(a) The mission keeper who asks him if he'd remembered to repeat his evening prayers.
(b) The nurse who asks him if he wants anything to eat.
(c) The sudden rainstorm.
(d) People cheering after they'd heard they were going to be rescued.

4. What does Mr. Fukai, the Secretary of the diocese, keep saying while he's being rescued?
(a) "I must save this building."
(b) "I don't want to die."
(c) "I must find my family."
(d) "Leave me here to die."

5. Why doesn't Mrs. Nakamura see a doctor for her ailments?
(a) Her relative is a nurse who gives her the proper treatment.
(b) She doesn't feel she is sick enough.
(c) She is too poor.
(d) She is afraid of what the doctor may tell her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the Jesuit's mission house remain standing after the bombing?

4. In Chapter 3, when Mr. Tanimoto reaches down to the river and takes a woman by the hand, what sickens him so much that he has to sit down?

5. In Chapter 3, what happens in Hiroshima that causes more devastation?

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