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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. Who did not let Ji Li watch search parties?

2. What did Ji Li and her classmates point out to each other?

3. What did Ji Li mean?

4. What did Dad decide to paint?

5. Where did Ji Li learn about the New China campaign?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the meaning of Ji Li's name?

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

4. What was a Four Old?

5. Who were the Red Successors?

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

7. How did An Yi's grandmother die?

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

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

10. What did Dad do with Grandmother's trunks, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How did Ji Li show her integrity, and what resulted because of her dependence on integrity?

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