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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. Why does Mr. Tanaka expect all the doctors of Hiroshima to come to him?
(a) He is a well-known doctor in Hiroshima.
(b) He is a well-known and loved celebrity.
(c) He is very rich and famous for giving his money away.
(d) He is one of the most popular and loved man in Hiroshima.

2. What does Mrs. Nakamura do with the sewing machine prior to leaving her home?
(a) She buries it under some furniture.
(b) She hides it in the cement tank of water in front of her house.
(c) She hides it in the closet.
(d) She leaves it where it is.

3. To the Japanese, what is a greater moral responsibility than adequate care of the living?
(a) Cremation is the responsibility of relatives only.
(b) Cremation should be attended to only after the survivors have been taken care of.
(c) Disposal of the dead by decent cremation and enshrinment.
(d) Cremation is not important under dire circumstances.

4. Why does Miss Toshiko Sasaki wake up at three A.M. the morning the bomb is dropped?
(a) She hears the warning sirens.
(b) There is extra housework to do.
(c) She had a nightmare.
(d) She has a long commute to work.

5. What is Miss Sasaki told before she is lifted to a relief station?
(a) She is told that her whole family is dead.
(b) She is told that her father, mother, and baby brother are dead.
(c) She is told that her parents survived, but her siblings are dead.
(d) She is told that her whole family has survived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a shortwave rebroadcast announcement by the President of the United States do?

2. In Chapter 3, what gesture makes Father Kleinsorge a little hysterical and want to cry suddenly?

3. What ends up happening to Mr. Fukai, the Japanese secretary of the diocese?

4. Mrs. Nakamura dresses her children in everything except for...

5. Why does Dr. Fujii like to read the Osaka News?

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