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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did those who were burnt beg for?
(a) Help.
(b) Water.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Food.

2. What do Mr. Tanimoto and Father Kleinsorge eat from the garden on the way to the shelter?
(a) Roasted potatoes.
(b) Roasted peanuts.
(c) A roasted corn on the cob.
(d) A roasted pumpkin.

3. When abnormally large drops of rain fall on the people at Asano Park, what does someone shout?
(a) "The government is going to save us."
(b) "The Americans are dropping gasoline."
(c) "The Americans are dropping some kind of poison."
(d) "More B-29s!"

4. When a roar of approaching planes is heard at Asano Park, the baker commands people to take off garments having what color?
(a) Black.
(b) Orange.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people hear prior to the bomb dropping?

2. On August 15, who publicly speaks for the first time in Japanese history over the radio?

3. What do the Japanese call the B-29?

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

5. What are the huge drops of water falling from the sky?

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