Introduction of Red Scarf Girl
What year did the Cultural Revolution started?
In the year 1966.
What is the name of Ji-Li's siblings?
Ji-yong and Ji- Yun
What was the name of Ji- Li's teacher?
Teacher Gu
How did the student inspectors check to ensure that the new rules were being followed such as clothing.
Using a beer bottle to measure the pants foot.
What does it mean when Ji-li says she "felt an older brother's sincerity and trust in his look?" She is referring to Teacher Zhang.
He encourages her to accept the assignment because he has faith in her abilities.
What is a memoir?
A narrative based on an author's personal memory or experience.
What is the name of the leader who started the Cultural Revolution?
Chairman Mao.
What is Da Zi Bao?
Posters criticizing teachers.
What are the four olds?
Old culture, old ideas, old habits and old customs.
What does political excellence mean?
Loyalty to the Communist Party
Which of the author's purpose below best answers the author's purpose for writing a memoir?
To persuade the readers about her life experiences.
To inform the readers about what happened in China.
She wrote it to entertain the readers.
To inform the readers about what happened in China.
What was the name of Ji-Li's best friend?
An-Yi is her best friend.
Describe how did Yin Lan Lan see herself as a victim of the educational system.
She failed her courses and repeated three times
She was not allowed to be apart of the school's choir
She was not allowed to be apart of the Young Pioneers.
"Wait." One boy picked up the shoes and threw them at the mam. "Take your fourolds with you. Go home and thoroughly remold your ideology."
What emotions/feelings is the boy expressing in the statement above?
According to the chapter, what does it mean to be an "educable Child"?
It means to have the ability to overcome your problems, able to learn.
What does the name Ji-Li stand for?
Lucky and Beautiful
Who did Ji-Li live with? Name all the people in her house.
Grandma, dad, mom, brother and sister, Song Po Po
What things did the students accuse certain teachers of doing to hurt their students or show disrespect? Name at least two.
1. Giving a loaf of bread to a student who was hungry at lunch.
2. Made the students read which made them go blind.
3. Having relationships with students.
Why did Dad try to discourage Ji-li from auditioning for the dance team?
The families political background, i.e., Grandfather was a landlord.
Who and what issue hurt Ji-li's chance of being a leader for the Class Education Exhibition?
Her grandfather was a landlord in the old society.
What did the red scarf represent?
A symbol of the Young Pioneers.
"I want to see how flexible you are, let me lift your leg"
who said the statement above and to whom?
The liberation army woman said it to Ji during her gym practice.
Name one thing that were written on the Da Zi Bao for Aunt Xi-Wein?
1. Refusal to let students pick mulberry leaves
2. The more you try to improve your outwards appearance, the filthier your heart becomes
3. Your black bourgeois bones are clearly visible to our proletarian eyes.
What or who was a target that the young students saw while riding on the bus? What was he wearing? What upset them so much? Name at least two of the three.
1. Young man around 31 years old. 2. His pant legs were too tight and 3. he has on pointed toe shoes.
What is Ji-li's first reaction when she is asked to join the Class Education Exhibition?
She is surprised at being asked to join because of her family's political status.