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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Sadako's mother say she was born to be?

a)

A swimmer

b)

A runner

c)

An astronaut

d)

A barber like her dad

2.

What holiday celebrated in the United States is similar to Peace Day, which is celebrated in Japan?

a)

Independence Day

b)

Labor Day

c)

Memorial Day

d)

Arbor Day

3.

How is Peace Day similar to Memorial Day in the United States?

4 lines
4.

Sadako was born in 1943, how old is she at the start of the story?

(a)  

5.

The Sasaki family (Sadako's family), has how many children including Sadako?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

d)

4

6.

Mr. Sasaki felt (a)   when he found out Sadako was chosen for the relay race.

7.

The best part of Peace Day for Sadako was?

a)

The good smells and food

b)

The speeches

c)

Setting the lanterns afloat

d)

Seeing her friends

8.

The worst part of Peace Day for Sadako was?

a)

Listening to boring speeches

b)

Having to wait for the slow turtles

c)

Seeing the victims and their scars

d)

Looking at the pictures

9.

When Sadako came into contact with the victims, her reaction was to...

a)

Turn away

b)

Give them a hug

c)

Take their picture

d)

Cry

10.

The spider was a symbol of

(a)  

11.

What was the exciting news that Sadako shared with her family?

a)

She's going to be a teenager!

b)

She fainted at school!

c)

She made the relay team!

d)

She and Chizuko are no longer friends!

12.

How was Sadako feeling on race day? Why did she feel that way?

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13.

Sadako doesn't tell her parents about her dizziness because she doesn't want them to

(a)  

14.

How did Sadako's family find out about her secret (feeling dizzy)?

a)

She fainted at school

b)

Chizuko told them

c)

She passed out during the relay race

d)

Masahiro told them

15.

What did the doctors tell Sadako's parents was wrong with their daughter?

a)

She was tired

b)

She needed to drink more water

c)

She should stop running

d)

She has leukemia

16.

What was the legend of the crane?

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17.

How does Sadako keep up her courage after her family leaves?

a)

She folds cranes

b)

She cries

c)

She talks to Nurse Yasunaga

d)

She hangs out with Kenji

18.

What is the name of the 9-year old boy Sadako meets at the hospital?

a)

Kenji

b)

Bruno

c)

Masahiro

d)

Chizuko

19.

When Chizuko visits Sadako in the hospital, she brings her a

(a)  

20.

Do you think Sadako will fold enough cranes and beat the atom bomb disease?

a)

Yes, I think so

b)

Yes, I hope so

c)

I don't know

d)

I don't think Sadako lives