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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 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?
(a) Her skin slips off in huge, glovelike pieces.
(b) He hears her joints disconnecting from each other.
(c) Her hands are as hard as clay.
(d) Her bones break through her skin.

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

3. When is the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
(a) September 4th.
(b) August 9th.
(c) October 9th.
(d) November 11th.

4. Why is it several days before the survivors of Hiroshima know about the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) The Japanese government wants to first better understand what is going on.
(b) Japanese newspapers and radio are extremely cautious on the subject of the weapon.
(c) The Emperor requests that it be so.
(d) Japanese newspapers and radio fear the country will experience an uncontrollable hysteria if they hear of the bomb.

5. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?
(a) The Osaka News delivers the most accurate news.
(b) His wife lives there.
(c) He plans to move there after the war.
(d) His clinic is in Osaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Sasaki eventually get permission from the Red Cross Hospital to do?

2. Why are the wounded calling out to Mr. Tanimoto?

3. What happens to Mrs. Nakamura a few weeks after the bombing?

4. What does Mr. Tanimoto have to keep consciously repeating to himself in order to get all the people across the river?

5. Why does Father Kelinsorge go to the police station the day after the bombing?

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