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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 does Dr. Fujii do the night after the explosion?
(a) He helps the wounded at Asano Park.
(b) He helps the wounded at the Red Cross Hospital.
(c) He lies on the floor in his family's roofless house.
(d) He lies on the ground at Asano Park, unable to help the wounded.

2. Early in the afternoon, what sweeps into Asano Park?
(a) Dust.
(b) Fire.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Bombing.

3. On August 18th, what does Father Kleinsorge begin to feel as he walks halfway from the center of town?
(a) He feels a lot of pain in his legs.
(b) He feels excruciatingly tired.
(c) He feels very nauseous.
(d) He feels very cold.

4. What does the rumor being spread about the atomic bomb do to Mrs. Nakamura and her children?
(a) The rumor arouses more hatred and resentment of America than they had felt all through the war.
(b) The rumor makes them lose all hope of ever regaining their normal lives.
(c) The rumor makes them feel more resigned and passive about the moral issue of the atomic bomb.
(d) The rumor makes them wish they had died the moment the bomb dropped.

5. What does Mr. Tanimoto take from the five dead men in the river?
(a) He takes their wallets.
(b) He takes their glasses.
(c) He takes their food.
(d) He takes their boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Fujii do once his injuries begin to make progress?

2. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

3. Why does Mr. Tanaka send his daughter for Mr. Tanimoto, whom he hadn't been on good terms with?

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

5. As symptoms of radiation disease reveal themselves, it becomes clear that many of them resemble the effects of...

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