Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

In Chapter 1, why was Sadako happy to see a fuzzy spider?

• It would eat flies that were in the house.
• She liked reading Charlotte's Web.
• Her favorite animal was a spider. 
• It was a good luck sign.

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In Chapter 2, why were Sadako and her family going to the Peace Day memorial?

• To eat cotton candy
• To remember people who died from the atom bomb
• To celebrate the end of World War II
• To see the pictures of people who were burned from the bomb

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In Chapter 3, what was Sadako's secret that she kept from her family and friends?

• She had dizzy spells
• She won the relay race
• She like fuzzy spiders
• She remember the atom bomb when she was a baby

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In Chapter 4, why didn't Sadako think that she leukemia?

• She said she felt perfectly fine.
• She said the atom bomb hadn't even scratched her.
• She thought the luck spider had protected her. 
• She knew her parents didn't have leukemia.

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In Chapter 5, why did Sadako start folding paper cranes?

• She promised Chizuko that she would fold many cranes. 
• She wanted to give them as presents to her family. 
• She was bored in he hospital.
• She believed they would grant her wish.

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In Chapter 6, why doesn't Sadako believe that Kenji has leukemia?

• He looks healthy.
• He is a boy.
• He wasn't born when the bomb went off.
• He folded a thousand paper cranes. 

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In Chapter 7, which of these was not one of Sadako's favorite foods her family brought in the furoshiki bundle?

• Egg rolls
• Pickled plums
• Sushi
• Bean Cakes

According to the superstition, how many cranes would need to be folded to heal someone?

• 50
• 1,000
• 10
• 900

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What was the gift the Bamboo class gave Sadako?

• A statue
• A kokeshi doll
• A folded crane
• A kimono

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During the O Bon remembrance, what was written on the rice-paper lanterns?

• Poems about Hiroshima
• Names of relatives and friends who died from the atom bomb
• Recipes for Japanese food. 
• Words from their favorite song.