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Characters
Lifestyle
Plot
Symbolism
Chinese Revolution
100
The protagonist.
Who is Lou?
100
The main job on the mountain.
What is farming?
100
During the Cultural revolution, this happened to many kids of educated parents, such as Ma and Luo.
What is reeducation?
100
This stands for death and other bad omens
What is the raven?
100
Mao Ze'dong
Who is the leader of the Chinese cultural revolution?
200
Ma
Who is the narrator?
200
A job that was the least favorite and most dangerous on the mountain.
What is mining coal?
200
What Ma and Luo left the coal mines to do.
What is going to plays and retelling them to the village?
200
This represents Ma and Lou's last bit of power and sophistication.
What is the alarm clock?
200
This is how the cultural revolution effected the society.
What is economic destruction, a classless society and famine.
300
The antagonist
Who is the Headman/Four eyes/Mao Ze'dong?
300
The type of society the villagers practice.
What is agricultural/rural?
300
These are examples of signs that the little seamstress in changing.
What are tennis shoes, shorter hair, and new clothes?
300
This represents the final act of rebellion by allowing Ma and Lou to see into the cultures of other worlds.
What are the books?
300
This is the intention of the revolution.
What is allowing the communist party to regain control and to reestablish Mao's law and power.
400
Lou's dad's occupation.
What is a dentist?
400
The animal used as livestock.
What are buffalo?
400
This is how the books effect the plot.
What drives the ability to change and make difficult choices different than you would without them?
400
This represents education and intelligence. The absence of these represents blindness and ignorence.
What do four eyes' glasses represent?
400
The red guard.
What is a policeman who goes around China prosecuting anyone who isn't communist enough?
500
The books made the little seamstress act this way.
What is becoming civilized and preparing her for the city?
500
*Daily Double* What the head sorcerous used to defeat the demons in Luo.
What is a bow and an arrow?
500
The climax.
At what point in the story does the little seamstress no longer want to be on the mountain and decides to leave?
500
These represent how small and insignificant Ma and Luo are compared to the power of the cultural revolution.
What are the fleas?
500
The form of communism Mao used and the man he was influenced by.
What is Maoism and who is Carl Marx?