Japanese culture
Vocabulary
Characters
Review
True or False
100
A mattress placed on the floor
What is a futon?
100
A disease in the blood
What is leukemia?
100
Sadako's best friend
Who is Chizuko?
100
A holiday that is celebrated in Japan and is similar to July 4th in the U.S
What is Peace Day
100
Kenji became ill because he was nearby when the bomb was dropped.
What is false
200
A doll made of wood
What is a Kokeshi doll?
200
A bomb that releases radiation
What is an atom bomb?
200
Promises to hang every crane Sadako makes
Who is Masahiro?
200
The secret that Sadako keeps
What is that she is dizzy.
200
Sadako manages to make more than 600 cranes
What is true
300
An important Japanese holiday to honor the spirits of the dead; people leave out food to please the visiting spirits.
What is O Bon?
300
a fancy Japanese dress, often made of silk
What is a kimono?
300
Died on the day the atom bomb was dropped
Who is Oba chan?
300
If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant her a wish and make her healthy again.
What is the legend of the crane?
300
The bamboo class sends Sadako a Kokeshi doll to cheer her up
What is true
400
A package of food
What is a furoshiki bundle?
400
small, light umbrella
What is a parasol?
400
Dreams of getting on the running team in junior high school
Who is Sadako?
400
Sadako says she has turned into this because she has made her mother sad
What is a turtle?
400
Sadako thinks spiders are a lucky omen
What is true
500
A paper lamp with a candle inside
What is a lantern?
500
desire to eat
What is appetite?
500
Receives one of Sadako's cranes as a gift
Who is Kenji?
500
A monument of Sadako holding a golden crane can be found where
What is the Hiroshima Peace Park?
500
Once Sadako enters the hospital, she never comes home again
What is false