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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Fujii offer the Jesuit when they find him at eleven o'clock in the morning?
(a) Rice.
(b) Wine.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Whiskey.

2. What in particular causes Miss Sasaki unease as she looks at the ruins of Hiroshima?
(a) The sight of grass and flowers among the ruins.
(b) The sight of dead naked children stacked together.
(c) The amount of peoples' ashes piled on the ground.
(d) The large number of mice roaming the streets.

3. What does Mrs. Nakamura have to do in order to be able to work?
(a) She has to find someone reliable to stay with her children.
(b) She has to take frequent rest days.
(c) She has to lie about the fact that she is a survivor of the atomic bomb.
(d) She has to take a lower pay than others.

4. 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 have to be separated.
(c) They die.
(d) They are returned to their mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in 1966 when Nakamura retires from Suyama Chemical?

2. What do Japanese scientists announce after having investigated Hiroshima?

3. What does the news that was heard on the radio August 15 convey?

4. What does the women holding the dead baby keep requesting of Mr. Tanimoto?

5. What happens to Mrs. Nakamura a few weeks after the bombing?

(see the answer key)

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