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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 was Ji Li happy about while she was sick with a fever?

2. What happened to Grandpa Hong's stall when classes were canceled?

3. What picture hung on Ji Li's classroom wall at the beginning of the book?

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

5. Why was Ji Li included in a poster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the sound of drums and gongs mean?

2. What was Ji Li's living situation at the beginning of the book?

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

4. How did An Yi's grandmother die?

5. Why were classes canceled?

6. How did Mom preserve her ancestor's clothing?

7. What did Six Fingers take from Ji Li and why?

8. What happened at the Great Prosperity Market and why?

9. Where did Ji Li go while her house was searched?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was the plot altered because of these incidents?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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