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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Details are Being Investigated.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Miss Sasaki related to Dr. Sasaki?
(a) There is no relation.
(b) She is his sister-in-law.
(c) She is his niece.
(d) She is his cousin.

2. On August 15, who publicly speaks for the first time in Japanese history over the radio?
(a) The president of Japan.
(b) Hirohito, the Emperor Tenno.
(c) The American president.
(d) The prime minister of Japan.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At Asano Park, after Father Kleinsorge tries to settle down for the night, prays, and falls asleep, what wakes him up?

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

3. In the afternoon of the third day after the bombing, what does Dr. Sasaki become obsessed with?

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

5. What is Miss Sasaki's neighbor at the factory mistaken about?

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