Prologue - The Red Successors
Graduation - A Search in Passing
Fate - The Class Education Exhibition
The Rice Harvest - Epilogue
Vocabulary
100
What was the meaning of Ji-li's name?
"Lucky and beautiful"
100
What did Ji-li's grandma make from old neckties?
A mop.
100
When Ji-li went to visit her detained father, what was he doing?
Carrying a large concrete pipe on his shoulder with several other men.
100
What company did Ji-li found?
The East West Exchange.
100
What is the name of an ancient Chinese medical practice using small needles?
Acupuncture
200
Why did Ji-li's father ask her not to audition for the special dance training class?
Because her grandfather was a landlord.
200
What did An Yi's grandmother do?
Committed suicide by jumping from their home's window.
200
What was unique about the portrait Ji-li made of Chairman Mao?
It was made of dried millet glued to paper.
200
What member of the Jiang family does not live in the US?
Grandma, who passed away in 1992.
200
What word literally means "beautiful writing" and describes pictorial style of Chinese characters?
Calligraphy
300
Name Ji-li's younger brother and sister.
Ji-yong and Ji-yun.
300
What was it called when the Red Gaurds searched a relatives home?
A "search in passing."
300
What suggestion did Chairman Jin offer as a way for Ji-li to improve her exhibition presentation?
Adding a quote from Chairman Mao to the end.
300
What two things remained in the Jiang home after it was ransacked by Thin-Face?
An old-fashioned desk and a pile of clothes.
300
What word means a person the loves anything foreign?
Xenophile
400
List the four olds:
Old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits.
400
What Junior High did Ji-li wat to attend?
Shi-yi Junior High
400
List 2 reasons why An Yi's mother was criticized by the Red Gaurds.
She was a teacher; her wall was covered with certificates of merit; her father was a capitalist; and her mother committed suicide.
400
What occupations did the Jiang children pursue?
Ji-li and Ji-yun became teachers, while Ji-yong worked in a watch factory.
400
What is a proletarian?
A member of the working class.
500
How old was Ji-li when the cultural revolution began?
She was twelve years old.
500
What happened during the new rituals of Morning Repentance and Evening Report?
People had to bow down before Chairman Mao's picture and chant "Long life to Chairman Mao!"
500
What is the name of the disease Ji-li's mother has?
Meniere's
500
In what year did the Cultural Revolution end?
In 1976 when Chairman Mao died.
500
What word describes capitalist members of the middle class?
Bourgeois
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