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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 is Mr. Masakazu Fujii doing when the bomb drops?
(a) He has just sat down to drink a cup of coffee on the porch.
(b) He has just begun to give orders to his nurse.
(c) He has just sat down to read the paper on the porch.
(d) He has just begun to chat with a patient.

2. What is the 20-year-old woman doing when Mr. Tanimoto sees her?
(a) She is bundling her dead infant son to keep him warm.
(b) She is trying to feed her dead infant son as if he's alive.
(c) She is carrying her dead infant daughter in her arms.
(d) She is talking to her dead infant daughter as if she's alive.

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

4. What is Mr. Hatsuyo Nakamura doing when the bomb drops?
(a) She is fixing up her childrens' bedroom.
(b) She is watching a neighbor from her kitchen window.
(c) She is cooking a meal for her children in the kitchen.
(d) She is watching her five year old from the bedroom window.

5. Almost no one in Hiroshima recalls...
(a) Having heard any sirens warning of the bomb hours prior to the bombing.
(b) Having heard any noise of the bomb.
(c) Having heard the all clear sounding.
(d) Having heard people calling to be rescued.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concern is there about giving Father Kliensorge a blood transfusion?

2. What happens to the climate in Asano Park?

3. What does Dr. Sasaki feel should happen to the men who decided to use the bomb?

4. Early in the afternoon, what sweeps into Asano Park?

5. Before the bomb falls, what does everyone in Hiroshima expect to suffer?

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