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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ji Li learn about her parents when she was not allowed to be in a special group?

2. What was Ji Yung doing when something was stolen from him?

3. How did Ji Li feel about being part of the New China campaign?

4. What did Song Po-Po try to do while Ji Li was sick with a fever?

5. Why was Ji Li included in a poster?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ji Li turn down the honor given her at the beginning of the book?

2. What did Ji Li have to do outside of Jiang-Xi's house?

3. Why was Ji Li unable to be in the Red Successors?

4. What did Six Fingers do in the neighborhood?

5. What kind of honor was Ji Li given at the beginning of the book?

6. Why did Ji Li have to take over the cooking in her house and how did she feel about this?

7. What was a Four Old?

8. What made Ji Li get a lecture from the Red Successors?

9. Why did Ji Li smell smoke in her house one night?

10. What made Ji Li happy to skip school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the Propaganda Wall, and what role did this play in Ji Li's life during the cultural revolution?

Essay Topic 2

Father and Zhang were both very dynamic leaders and father figures in this book. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how did these differences affect their lives, their family, and their role in Ji Li's life?

Essay Topic 3

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the people in these scenes?

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