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Questions:

Q: How did Sadako die? A: Radiation poisoning from the Hiroshima atomic bomb. It caused her to contract leukemia.

Q: What is the date of the atom bomb being dropped at Hiroshima? A: August 6th

Q: What disease is being blamed on the atomic bomb? A: Leukemia

Q: What was the poison in the air caused by the atomic bomb? A: Radiation

Q: What was the day called of the anniversary of the bombing? A: Peace Day

Q: What was Sadako so excited about when she came home from school? A: She was chosen to be on the relay team.

Q: What was the first sign that Sadako was ill? A: She felt strange and dizzy after the relay races.

Q: What was Chizuko's idea to heal Sadako? A: Create 1000 paper cranes.

Q: What did Masahoro offer to do with all of the paper cranes? A: Hang them from the ceiling.

Q: Sadiko's friend from the hospital - Kenji - was not born when the atom bomb was dropped. How did he become ill? A: The poison was in his mom's body and blood.

Q: What was the holiday that Sadko was able to visit her home. A: O Bon - celebration for spirits of the dead.

Q: What did Sadako's classmates do for her after she died? A: They made the remaining paper cranes so that she had 1000. All 1000 were buried with Sadako.

Q: How many paper cranes did Sadako finish? A: 644

Q: How old was Sadako when she died? A: 11

Q: What color was the paper crane Chizuko gave Dadako? A: Gold

Q: Which one of Sadako's family members died from the bombing in Japan? A: her grandmother

Q: What kind of clothing did Sadako's mother bring her in the hospital? A: A kimono

Q: What was the legend of the paper cranes? A: If a sick person folded 1,000 paper cranes, the gods would make that person well again.

Q: In the beginning, what was a good luck sign? A: "not a speck of cloud in the sky"

Q: The bomb ended what war? A: World War II

Q: What year did the Sadako friends make a monument for Sadako and where is it? A: The monument was unveiled in 1958 and it is in Hiroshima Peace Park.