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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Mr. Sasaki took Sadako to the Red Cross Hospital after ---

• he noticed her swollen arms and legs
• the cut on her knee wouldn’t stop bleeding
• Masahiro couldn’t wake her up
• she collapsed in the schoolyard

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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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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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She fidgeted and wiggled her bare toes. Fidgeted means:

• to move restlessly

• to sleep

• to not move

• to sit

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"She was rushing like a whirlwind into the kitchen". Whirlwind means:

• a tornado

• a wave

• confused rush

• wind

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There was not a speck of clouds in the blue sky. What does speck mean?

• a cloud

• small spot or blemis

• rain and thunder

• a beak of a bird

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Why did Mrs. Sasaki make Sadako a kimono? Choose two answers.

• She wanted her daughter to be a young woman, even for a short time before she died;

• She wanted it to be Sadako's good luck sign

• The kimono matched the cranes flying in her room

• She wanted to remember Sadako in the kimono.

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The doctor surprised Sadako by letting her go home for a few days. Which DID NOT happen?

• She had visitors, but became very tired.

• She felt she was making the family sad.

• She felt healthier and happier

• She was glad to return to the hospital.

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Why do you think the author wrote this book?

• to honor a brave girl;

• to show how to hope

• to make people think about the consequences of war

• All of the above

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