Vocabulary
Who are the bourgeoisie?
A. The working class
B. The middle/upper class
C. The communists
What is B?
What are 2 of the four olds?
What are:
old ideas, old customs, old habits, old culture.
What is one reason that Ji-Li's classmates hate her aunt Xi-wen?
What is, because she reported them for stealing from her garden, and because she dresses fashionably and wears makeup?
What is banned from the New Year's Eve celebrations?
What are fireworks?
Who are the proletarians?
A. The working class
B. The middle/upper class
C. The leaders
What is A?
How did Ji-Li feel about her teachers before the cultural revolution?
What is, she loved them and felt that they were good people who did their best.
Ji-Li and An Yi come across a man being yelled at in the town square. Why is the crowd angry with him?
What is, because he was wearing bourgeouis clothes and shoes (or four olds)
What happens to Ji-Li's sister Ji-yun at school?
What is, she was bullied and had her backpack thrown out the window.
What prized possession of Ji-Li's do the guards take the first time they search her house?
What is her stamp collection?
Which sentence uses "fervently" correctly?
A. Du Hai is fervently.
B. Ji-Li fervently begged her mom to be careful.
C. Thin Face fervently listened to Ji-Li.
What is B?
Why do Ji-Li's parents tell her she cannot try out for the Liberation Army?
What is, because then their family class status will be investigated.
What problem does Ji-Li run into when asked to write a da zi bao about her teachers?
What is, she cannot think of anything to write.
Who gets into fights with the Red Successors and has their military cap stolen?
Who is Ji-Li's brother (Ji-Yong)
What happens to An-Yi's mom, teacher Wei?
What are: she was beaten, forced to beat a gong and say bad things about herself, forced to climb a chimney
Who would wear a sneer on their face?
A. Mom when she was sick.
B. Ji-Li when she hid the letter.
C. Thin Face when he discovered the letter in the cat's litter box.
What is C?
What does Ji-Li's father do for a living?
What is, he is an actor.
What is one complaint Ji-Li's classmates write in their da zi bao? (What did they accuse the teachers of)
What are:
making someone repeat a grade
putting pressure on students
feeding bread to a hungry student
making them read a lot to ruin their eyesight
Where is Ji-Li's dad taken, and what is he forced to do?
What is, his theater to do hard labor
What does it mean when the Red Guard keeps telling people to "remold your ideology?"
What is, follow the communist party's ways and get rid of your old way of thinking
Which sentence does NOT use the italicized word correctly?
A. Yin Lan Lan has a lot of zeal for Chairman Mao.
B. The classrooms were festooned with da zi bao.
C. Ji-Li was ascertained by her parents.
What is C?
What did Ji-Li's grandmother accomplish in her younger days?
What is, she graduated from high school OR she was the founder and vice principal of a school. (Some variation of these)
How does Chairman Mao feel about intellectuals and academics?
He does not like them; he thinks they need to be sent to do hard labor.
Why did Ji-Li's parents burn their old photographs?
What is, because they were photos of them living a luxurious life (nice suits, vacations, riding camels)
"Leniency for confession, severity for resistance." What does that saying mean?
What is: if you confess, you won't be punished, but if you resist, you will be.