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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 went with Ji Li to hear Jia Hong-yu?

2. What was stolen from Ji Yung to get him in a fight?

3. Where was the Propaganda Wall placed?

4. Where did Jia Hong-yu march?

5. Where did Dad send the children away when Tian was visiting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why were classes canceled?

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

6. What was a Four Old?

7. Who were the Red Successors?

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

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

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

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

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which people were most affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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