Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
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            Mr. Saski, her dad.
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        Who took Sadako to the hospital?
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            make paper cranes
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        What did Sadako do when she got lonely during visiting hours?
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            When she fell on the ground at school and had to go to the hospital.
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        When did Sadako's family find out her secret?
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            When Mrs. Saski, her mother yelled, "Leukemia?".
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        How did Sadako first find out that she had leukemia?
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            Graduation into junior high school.
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        What would Sadako miss if she had to stay in the hospital for a few weeks?
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            Because Kenji was not alive during the atomic bomb.
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        Why did Sadako think it was strange that Kenji had the disease?
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            Kenji
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        Who did Sadako meet in the hospital?
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            Because he got the poison from leukemia in his mother's stomach.
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        Why was Kenji in the hospital?
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            Hung them from the ceiling.
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        What did Masahiro do with Sadako's cranes?
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            Chizuko
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        Who was Sadako's first visitor in the hospital?
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            For her to make 1000 paper cranes.
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        What was Chizuko's cure for Sadako?
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            from an old story
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        Where did Chizuko get the idea for making 1000 paper cranes?
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            depresed
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        What did the nurse say Kenji felt?
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            Thunder Bolt
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        What did they call the atomic bomb?
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            from the disease of leukemia
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        Why were people still dying from the atomic bomb?
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            run
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        What was Sadako born to do?
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            for the big race on Field Day
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        Why did Sadako practice running all summer?
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            The luck of the New Year.
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        What did Sadako hope would cure her?
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            They lit lanterns and launched them in the river.
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        How did the celebration end?
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            She believed they were good luck.
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        Why was Sadako happy that she saw a spider?
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            Hiroshima, Japan   1943-1955
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        This story was based on a real girl. Where and when did she live?
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            Her dizzy spells.
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        What did Sadako keep secret from her family?
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            Grandma: Oba Chan
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        Who died that was in Sadako's family in the atomic bomb?
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            644
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        What was the number of the last paper crane Sadako folded?
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            Sadako's class sent her a Kokeshi doll, a wooden doll.
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        What did Sadako's bamboo class send her?
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            Sadako culd here the slap-slap of her mother's slippers.
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        How did Sadako know when her mother was coming to visit?
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            Sadako was feeling better; she got to go home for a few days.
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        How was Sadako doing when warm, sunny July came?
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            Sadako was burried with 1000 paper cranes.
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        What was Sadako burried with?
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            Her classmates folded the last 300 for her.
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        How was it possible to burry Sadako with 1000 paper cranes?
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            A silver piece of paper for another crane.
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        What was Sadako's present from Eiji?
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            The paper smelled like chocolate so Sadako hoped the gods liked chocolate.
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        What was funny about the gift Eiji gave Sadako?
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            Sadako was too weak and listless.
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        Why was Sadako acting so ladylike?
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            It gave Sadako hope.
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        How did the golden crane help Sadako?
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            The club places 1000 paper cranes beneath Sadako's statue.
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        What does the Folded Crane Club do on August 6, Peace Day?
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            She was very sick.
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        When the June rains came, how was Sadako doing?
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            Chizuko
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        Who did the doctor allow to come for a small visit?
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            death
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        The weaker Sadako grew, what did she think about?
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            The golden crane and her kokeshi doll
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        What did Sadako take home with her from the hospital?
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            A silk kimono with cherry blossoms on it.
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        In the fall, her family came for a visit. What did they bring?
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            Go home for a visit.
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        What did the doctor allow Sadako to do?
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            favorite foods: Bean cakes, egg roles, rice and chicken, and pickled plums
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        What did Sadako's mother bring her to the hospital?
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            O' bon
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        What holiday did Sadako celebrate with her family?
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            the spirits of the dead who returned to visit the ones they love
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        Why is O' bon celebrated?
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            She was glad to be back in the quiet hospital room.
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        How did Sadako feel about being back in the hospital?
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            To build a monument to Sakako and all the children who were killed by the atom bomb.
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        Why did young people throughout Japan collect money?
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            Her flock hanging from the ceiling.
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        What was the last thing Sadako saw?