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Chapter 1-3
- Ji-li often refers to how life was different in the past. List at least two examples of how life “used to be” in Shanghai, according to Ji-li.
- What were the “Four Olds”? Why did Chairman Mao want the Four Olds to be destroyed? What examples does Ji-li give of destroying the Four Olds?
- Humiliation is a theme in this memoir. Find an example of a moment when someone was being humiliated. Who was being humiliated? By whom? For what reasons?
Chapter 4-6
How were school assignments made before the Cultural Revolution? How are they being made now? What does Ji-li think of the new school assignment system?
Why is Ji-li so excited when she hears where she will be going to junior high school? What changes at the end of the chapter?
What does Ji-li think will happen to many of the books in the school library?
Chapter 6-10
- Why were Ji-li’s parents burning photographs in their bathroom?
- What is the Precious Red Book?
- What happened to Sang Hong-zhen, Du Hai’s mother?
- Why does Ji-li hate her grandfather?
- How does Sun Lin-lin “rescue” Ji-li?
Chapter 10-13
- Why does Ji-li decide to join the group preparing the Class Education Exhibition, despite her family background?
- What is the Class Education Exhibition? What type of projects do the children work on?
- Ji-li tells her friend Lin-lin about how Ji-li’s father has been detained. How does Lin-lin respond?
Chapter 14-17
What story does Ji-li tell as part of the exhibition rehearsal?
After Ji-li receives praise for her role in the Class Education Exhibition, why is she replaced by Fang Fang?
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