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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Aftermath.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge doing when the bomb falls?
(a) He is praying while lying on a cot.
(b) He is writing a letter while lying on a cot.
(c) He is sleeping on a cot.
(d) He is lying on a cot reading a Jesuit magazine.

2. What happens to the Kataoka children, sister and brother, whom Father Kleinsorge finds?
(a) It is discovered that their entire family is dead.
(b) They are returned to their mother.
(c) They die.
(d) They have to be separated.

3. What do the six survivors in Hiroshima, who John Hersey writes about, still wonder?
(a) They wonder why the Americnas used such a bomb on them.
(b) They wonder if their lives will ever be normal again.
(c) They wonder whether the atomic bomb will ever be used again.
(d) They wonder why they lived while so many others died.

4. Once Mrs. Nakamura takes her children out into the street, what does she worry about?
(a) Her children being sick.
(b) Her children being cold.
(c) Her children being tired.
(d) Her children being hot.

5. What ends up happening to Mrs. Nakamura's children after they grow up?
(a) They all become highly educated.
(b) They all become very ill.
(c) They all get high paying jobs.
(d) They all get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one feeling the survivors of Hiroshima share?

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

3. What happens to Mr. Tanimoto's health a few weeks after the bombing?

4. How does Ms. Nakamura view the bombing?

5. What does Marvin Green donate to the church in Hiroshima?

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