Characters
Timeline
Specific Details
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

What is the main girl's name?

Ling

100

Who arrested Father?

Niu

100

What is the item that Ling fights back against Gao?

A belt

100

Barter

To gamble or to trade

100

What is the city that we are currently located in?

Dublin, California 
200

What is the Father's occupation after the revolution began?

Janitor 

200

What time did Mother wake up Ling for her first supermarket run? 

3 AM

200

Father burned everything except this one thing he couldn't let go. Instead he hid this item inside the house behind a portrait of Mao. What is the item?

An image of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge

200

Aroma

Smell
200

Last time, I told you guys to never do one thing. What was it? (hint: it's a trend nowadays)

Vape
300

Ling often thinks of this woman in times of distress. Who is she?

Mrs. Wong

300
When Comrade Li lived peacefully in the house, Ling and Li would often trade and perform a "supermarket." What did he give to Ling as payment?

Origami 

300

When making food for Mr. Ji, Ling goes into the cabinet and grabs a small package. What's inside and who's it from?

Dried Shrimp from Mrs. Wong
300

Revolution

Sudden change

300

There is a South Korean Drama about a very strong girl who falls in love with the guy that she is "bodyguarding." What is the name of the Korean Drama?

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

400

In the story, two boys protected their mother from shame until the older boy was beaten up. What was the mother's occupation according to Ling?

Baby Doctor

400

Why did Ling cut off her hair?

Lice

400

What was the object/item that the kids at school prized and traded for?

Colorful plastic wrappers
400

Propaganda

The spreading of rumors

400

How old am I? (bonus 100 points: what grade am I in?)

17 years old; 12th grade

500

Name three of the nicknames that Ling had given the Red Guards.

Pink Cheeks, Pimple Face, Short Legs, Mouse Eyes, Paintbrush, Chopsticks, etc.

500

Who had Ling and Father saved from drowning? What is the man's profession?

Mr. Ji. He's an antirevolutionary writer

500

What was the fabric that Ling chose to have Mrs. Wong make her a blouse out of?

little girls in red sun hats sitting on a beach and behind them, palm trees and sailboats floating on water; above them were moon and stars.

500

Class Division

hierarchical organization by which a society or community is divided into classes

500

When were the Boomers of society born?

(hint: think Millennial, Gen Z, etc.)

1946-1964

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