Red Scarf Girl Reading Check and Vocab 1-3

What does it mean to "liberate"? Example: "... who helped Chairman Mao liberate China from oppression..."

• to refrain from
• to free
• to participate in
• to be subjected to

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The genre of Red Scarf Girl is _______.

• a memoir
• a biography
• a report
• an argument

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

What does the red scarf represent?

• The Four Olds
• The Chinese Communist Revolutionaries
• Middle School Age
• A Western Ideal 

Why does the Liberation Army soldier visit Ji-li’s school?

• To recruit students for the Central Liberation Army 
• To punish students who go by the four olds 
• For a political background check 
• To see the great academics of Xin Lee school

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did Ji-li’s father tell his daughter that she cannot audition for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy?

• He was jealous.
• He was scared for the political background check.
• He disliked Mao.
• Trick question- He let her audition! 

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which one is not one of the four olds?

• old ideas 
• old culture 
• old customs
• old men 

Why were the signs on old shops being destroyed?

• They were new shops. 
• Ji-Li said the shops were in debt.
• They were part of the four olds.
• It was Mao's favorite shop.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who were the student inspectors?

• students assigned to destroy western style of clothing.
• students with high grades and high morals
• students Mao was targeting to punish. 
• Ji Li and her friends

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does Du Hai say to Ji Li about respect for teachers?

• They should always respect their teachers.
• They shouldn't be teachers "little lambs" and they shouldn't respect teachers.
• Mao is the only great teacher in China.
• Only respect teachers if they respect you.

Who is Song Po-Po?

• Ji Li's mother
• Mao's great assistant
• A Comrade for the Liberation Army
• Nanny turned housemaid that Ji Li is very close with.