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1. The Red Scarf Girl Study Questions

   PART THREE

2. #1

   She says she doesn’t have time because she has to make dinner and do lots of house work. The truth is she does not want to be accused of being favored. Page 172

3. #2

   He is “Uncle Fan” (Dad’s friend from college). He was accused of listening to “foreign radio” and was beaten until he admitted it. He did not actually commit the crime, but he thought if he confessed he would be treated with leniency. Three days later he was detained. Pages 175-176

4. #3

   There was no celebration of her birthday, No firecrackers or new year’s eve celebrations, No one brought gifts to friends or relatives and the streets were quiet, No new clothes, grandma and mom did not cook a big meal, and no guest came bringing gifts for Ji-li. Pages 182-183

5. #4

   Ji-li’s father has been detained at his work place, the Theater, because he is suspected of counter-revolutionary actions such as listening to foreign radio. Pages 182-184

6. #5

   Ji-li sees her father doing hard labor. The man tells her she can choose her own destiny by breaking with her parents and following chairman Mao. He warns her if she does not, she will not come to a good end. Pages 189-190

7. #6

   She is chosen to represent her class as a guide for the class exhibition exhibit. It is a group meant to expose class enemies’ evil and remind people of the misery of the old society and the people’s happiness today. Page 195

8. #7

   Girls: The students are using small dyed millet grains to create a huge portrait of chairman Mao. It is very tedious work and the students thought the hard work would show their loyalty to chairman mao. Boys: Made an ink drawing of the rising sun in the east and a rooster. Pages 199-200

9. #8

   Dad’s homecoming was exciting but, the family soon realizes he was only home to get clothes and he could not stay. At first they don’t know why he can’t come home, but later ji-li is told he is accused of “serious mistakes” during the antirightest movement and will not confess. Pages 207 and 224

10. #9

    Ji-li’s family secret was revealed in an article on the front page of the “worker’s revolt”. The article said the jiang family owned over 3300 acres of land and lots of businesses. They were so rich, people called them the “Half-City Jiangs.” Page 210

11. #10

    Some men from her father’s work unit came to ji-li’s school. They wanted to have a study session with her to see if she had any information about her dad’s counter revolutionary actions. She was also asked to testify against her father at a struggle meeting. Because ji-li hesitates she is replaced for the class exhibition. (pages 223-225)

12. #11

    It means to get rid of any counter revolutionary thoughts, ideas, or actions. Often done by harsh physical labor. Glossary

13. #12

    Ji-li decides to go to the countryside and work in the rice fields instead of the factory.Chang hong convinces her that this will prove she is an educable child and may get her back into the exhibition for the end of the summer. Pages 232-233

14. #13

    She was sent out to help with the “double rush” of harvesting and planting. They had to harvest the 1st crop and immediately plant the 2nd crop. They woke at 5:30, slept on straw mats in a storage room, They had to harvest five long rows, Lunch was brought to them in the field, Their back would hurt from leaning over all day, and it was very hot. They would go to bed exhausted and hungry. Ji-li injures herself and is sent back to shang hai. Page 234-242

15. #14

    They are looking for the letter ji-li’s mom is working on that complains of the situation at the theatre. They discovered the letter hidden in the little white’s litter box. The letter exposed uncle tian and mrs. Jiang of trying to help mr. jiang (ji-li’s dad) who is thought to be a rightist. They are in trouble for trying to help him. Page 247

16. #15

    Ji-li explains the people of china were so brain washed by the idea of creating a new china that many did not hate chairman mao for all the things that happened. In fact, in wasn’t until after his death that people realized all that happened. Ji-li tells us what happened to them following the last ransack. They were still considered a black family but Dad came home, grandma still swept, and mom wrote self criticism letters. Ji-li was denied many opportunities because of her bad class status. She briefly tells how her and her family came to the us and started over.