Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

What did Sadako’s mother always say about Sadako?

• she was a genius and would be a good teacher.

• she was more shy than brave.

• she had learned to run before she could walk

• she loved to read more than anything else

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At the Peace Park, Chizuko exclaimed that Sadako couldn’t possible have ---

• remembered anything from when the atom bomb was dropped

• dreamed about Peace Day for twenty days in a row

• heard the Buddhist priest say that spiders brought good luck

• seen Oba chan’s lantern floating out to sea.

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The first day at the hospital, Sadako tried not to cry after realizing...

• the medicine she was to take would cause her long hair to fall out

• she would not be there for weeks and would not be part of the racing team

• her grandfather had died in the same room in which she was to stay

• her parents would not be allowed to visit her during her hospital stay

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Why did Sadako think Kenji couldn’t have leukemia?

• He had not been born when the bomb was dropped.

• He didn’t have the same bruises that she had

• He had folded a thousand cranes, so the gods should have made him healthy.

• He wasn’t thin like all the other leukemia patients in the hospital.

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As Sadako fought her fear, the golden crane helped her by reminding her ---.

• there was always hope

• life was measured by love, not time

• Kenji had beaten leukemia and was now healthy

• she would soon shed her weak body and free her spirit

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What did Sadako see just before she closed her eyes and never woke up?

• a picture of herself winning the relay race

• her hanging flock of birds rustling in a light autumn breeze

• Chizuko walking into the room wearing a kimono with golden cranes on it

• the paper on which Kenji had drawn a thousand cranes

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According to legend, what happens if a sick person folds 1,000 paper cranes?

• The gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.

• She will live 1,000 years.

• She will turn into a crane and fly away.

• She will forget her sadness.

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Who are all the members of Sadako's family that we meet in the first chapter?

• Eiji, Mitsue, Masahiro, Mr. Sasaki & Mr. Sasaki

• Mitsue, Masahiro, Mr. Sasaki & Mrs. Sasaki

• Eiji, Mitsue, Masahiro, Mr. Sasaki, Mrs. Sasaki and grandma Sasaki

• Eiji, Mitsue, Masahiro, Mr. Sasaki & Mrs. Sasaki

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On page 11, Sadako's mother scolds her when she says she's excited to go to the carnival. Why does her mother scold her?

• Sadako's mother scolds her because Sadako calls the memorial a carnival, and that is disrespectful.

• Sadako's mother scolds her because she's afraid about going to the carnival and is nervous.

• Sadako's mother scolds her because she is always yelling at Sadako and it's nothing new.

• Sadako's mother scolds her because showing excitement is disrespectful in Japan.

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How did Sadako's grandmother die?

• old age

• car accident

• from the atom bomb

• leukemia

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