Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes

What is the setting of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes?

• Japan, present day

• New York City, New York 1954

• Japan 1954

• New York CIty, present day

Who is the protagonist (main character) of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes?

• Sadako, a 1,000 year old crane

• Sadako, an 11 year old girl

• Paper, a 1,000 year old crane

• Masahiro, a 14 year old boy

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Sadako was excited about going somewhere with her family. Where was she excited to go?

• to the carnival

• to the Peace Day memorial

• to the zoo

• to the temple for prayers

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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.

Who's picture was in the gold frame on the altar shelf?

• Oba chan, Sadako's grandmother

• Masahiro, Sadako's grandfather

• the spirits of the ancestors

• Oba chan, Sadako's grandfather

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What the good luck charm that Sadako found at the end of chapter 1?

• the morning sun of Japan

• paper crane

• a spider

• red bows

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Sadako knew if a person was a victim of the atom bomb if he/she ___________________.

• had bumps on his/her body.

• was coughing and sneezing into a tissue.

• had a high fever.

• had ugly white scars on his/her body due to burns.