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23 Cards in this Set
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When was Sadako born? When did she die? |
1943. 1955. |
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Who wrote Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes? |
Eleanor Coerr |
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How many brothers and sisters did Sadako have? |
One sister, Mitsue, and two brothers, Masahiro and Eiji. |
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What do the Japanese do on August 6? |
Remember the day that an atomic bomb was dropped on their city. |
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Where does Sadako live? |
Hiroshima |
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Who is Mr. Sasaki and what does he do? |
Sadako's father. He runs a barbershop. |
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What disease did the radiation from the atom bomb cause? |
Leukemia |
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What day is Peace Day? |
August 6th. |
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What good luck sign does Sadako see? |
A spider. |
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Who is Sadako's best friend? |
Chizuko |
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What do people call the atom bomb in Hiroshima? |
The Thunderbolt. |
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What do the people celebrating Peace Day place on the Ohta River. |
Lanterns with candles in them to honor their dead family members. |
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What does Sadako want more than anything else? |
To get on the track team when she enters junior high. |
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What happens when Sadako runs the relay? |
She wins but she begins to feel dizziness. |
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What is Sadako's first symptom of leukemia? |
Dizziness. |
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Why will folding 1000 paper cranes make Sadako well? |
A Japanese myth says that Gods will grant her wish to make her healthy. |
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Who tells Sadako about the cranes? |
Chizuko |
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Who does Sadako meet in the hospital? |
Kenji |
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What is the biggest holiday of the year and why is it significant to Sadako? |
O Bon. Spirits of the dead return and Sadako gets to go home. |
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What does Sadako's mom give her? |
A silk kimono. |
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How many cranes did Sadako make? |
644 |
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Who folded the rest to make 1,000? And what did they do with them? |
Her classmates. The cranes were buried with Sadako. |
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Why do people remember Sadako now? |
There is a statue of her in the Hiroshima Peace Park. |
