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SADAKO CHAPTERS 1 - 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To make small movements, usually with hands, through nervousness or impatience.

a)

pang

b)

shrine

c)

fidget

d)

amidst

2.
In Chapter 1, why was Sadako happy to see a fuzzy spider?
a)
It would eat flies that were in the house.
b)
She liked reading Charlotte's Web.
c)
Her favorite animal was a spider. 
d)
It was a good luck sign.
3.

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

a)

She said she felt perfectly fine.

b)

She said the atom bomb hadn't even scratched her.

c)

She thought the luck spider had protected her.

d)

She knew her parents didn't have leukemia.

4.

Doing something in a happy and lively way.

a)

scarcely

b)

throng

c)

gaily

d)

pang

5.

A large group of people

a)

pang

b)

throng

c)

alter

d)

shrine

6.

A sudden, strong feeling of physical or emotional pain.

a)

throng

b)

pang

c)

omen

d)

listless

7.

Sadako _______________ her fingers impatiently and wriggled her bare toes while listening to her dad pray.

a)

gaily

b)

fidgeted

c)

flustered

d)

panged

8.

"I've been chosen to be on the relay team!" Sadako said happily while ______________ swinging her school bag.

a)

scarcely

b)

gaily

c)

omen

d)

flustered

9.

When the race over, it was then when Sadako first felt strange and dizzy and could barely hear any noise. She ____________ heard someone yell, "Your team won!"

a)

scarcely

b)

throng

c)

gaily

d)

listless

10.

Sadako pushed through the ______________ of people to get to the cotton candy.

a)

pangs

b)

throngs

c)

shrine

d)

fidgets

11.

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

a)

Oba chan, Sadako's grandmother

b)

Masahiro, Sadako's grandfather

c)

the spirits of the ancestors

d)

Oba chan, Sadako's grandfather

12.

How did Sadako's grandmother die?

a)

old age

b)

car accident

c)

from the atom bomb

d)

leukemia

13.

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

a)

the morning sun of Japan

b)

paper crane

c)

a spider

d)

red bows

14.

What does Sadako want more than anything else in Chapter 3?

a)

To have her own room.

b)

To get an A+ on her chemistry test.

c)

To get to run on the relay team in junior high school.

d)

For summer to come.

15.

What is the secret that Sadako tried to keep to herself?

a)

She'd rather be a dancer than a runner.

b)

She often gets dizzy spells.

c)

She hates running.

d)

She really misses her grandmother.

16.

What is the atom bomb disease?

a)

heart disease

b)

asthma

c)

leukemia

d)

rubella

17.
What did Sadako’s mother always say about Sadako?
a)
she was a genius and would be a good teacher.
b)
she was more shy than brave.
c)
she had learned to run before she could walk
d)
she loved to read more than anything else
18.

Who is Sadako's BFF?

a)

Mitsue

b)

Chizuko

c)

Masahiro

d)

Eiji

19.

Who is Mitsue?

a)

Sadako's OLDER brother

b)

Sadako's LITTLE sister

c)

Sadako's BFF

d)

Sadako's BIG sister

20.

In Chapter 2, what is the TRUE reason why Sadako and her family are going to the Peace Day memorial?

a)

To eat cotton candy

b)

To remember people who died from the atom bomb

c)

To celebrate the end of World War II

d)

To see the pictures of people who were burned from the bomb