ELA.RL.8.10 Red Scarf Girl Quiz 3 (Pages 260-292)

Based on Pages 262-263 of "Sweeping" within Red Scarf Girl, how did the purpose and meaning of life for Jiang Ji-Li change as a result of the last two years of the Cultural Revolution?

• While Ji-Li used to live for herself and her own glory, Ji-Li started living to fulfill her responsibility to the health and safety of her family.

• Ji-Li once had the life goal to grow up and become an exhibition curator, but now, Ji-Li wanted to become a famous da-dui-zhang.

• Although Ji-Li once promised that she would take care of her family, Ji-Li soon decided to leave her family, become an artist, and move to a distant province.

• Despite the fact that Ji-Li said she would never hurt her family, Ji-Li turned on her family in order to become a member of the Red Guard.

Based on Pages 261-262 of "Sweeping" within Red Scarf Girl, what best explains why the author repeated the clauses "I worried... [5x]" and "I had promised... [3x] at this point in the book?

• Ji-Li worried that she had promised a better life for Ji-yun, but Ji-yun would not be able to move out due to some negative political connections.

• "I worried" and "I had promised" were the key phrases that Jiang Ji-Li had learned after countless hours of study sessions during the Cultural Revolution.

• The author seemed to be a vapid, under-educated writer who did not realize that she repeated those clauses in her writing.

• The author used repetition to emphasize the depths of anxiety towards the future and commitment to fulfill out her promise to her family.

Based on Pages 265-266 within the "Epilogue" of Red Scarf Girl, although Jiang Ji-Li endured so much horrific trauma during the Cultural Revolution, why did Jiang Ji-Li not realize that she had been abused and brainwashed during the Cultural Revolution until 1976?

• During the Cultural Revolution, Liu Shao-qi controlled everything people in China read, heard, and learned, so it was not until the death of Zhou Enlai that the truth came out about China.

• It was not until 1976 when a social-media influencer posted something on TikTok that Jiang-Li learned the truth about Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party.

• Since Mao Zedong had controlled China during the Cultural Revolution, it was not until after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 that people began to learn more about the larger political context and historical horrors of the Cultural Revolution.

• China already seemed to have a sound legal system without one person in control of the entire country, so Ji-Li had no reason to question her experience of reality.

Based on Pages 270-272 within the "Epilogue" of Red Scarf Girl, what is the “mission” that Jiang Ji-Li hoped to achieve with the creation of the East West Exchange and the publication of Red Scarf Girl?

• The author and business owner dreamed that one day, more people will experience the rich reward of showing love for the United States through public service in politics, in public-school teaching, in law enforcement, or in the military.

• Through her company and her book, Ji-Li longed for people to experience the joys and frustrations of resort-chain ownership near Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.

• Ji-Li hoped that more Chinese Communist “revolutionaries” would be punished for their role in the Cultural Revolution so that victims could experience some type of justice for all the torture, beatings, killings, and persecution.

• Ji-Li wanted people to develop more empathy towards others, show more appreciation for the strengths of different cultures, and share more life stories so that we could all better understand ourselves and our world.

Based on Page 273 of the "Acknowledgements" section within Red Scarf Girl, whom does Jiang Ji-Li thank for contributing the most to improving the focus, clarity, and spirit of the life story shared in the book?

• Craig Shaw and Ginee Seo

• Her parents

• Her brother and her sister

• Vivian Xue and Florence Chun

Based on Pages 275-280 within the "Glossary" of Red Scarf Girl, during the Cultural Revolution, what did the Chinese Communist Party think contributed the most to one’s behavior, thoughts, and loyalty to a country?

• the exposure to various ideologies and multiple perspectives taught in school

• the power of persuasion shown through the da-dui-zhangs and da-zi-baos throughout the country

• the public policies, the local laws, and the national treasury controlled by the Central Committee of China

• the family class status based on the financial situation or job of the father within a family

Based on Pages 277-281 within the "Glossary" of Red Scarf Girl, how did the declared intent of the Cultural Revolution contrast with the political purpose of the Cultural Revolution?

• During the Cultural Revolution, Mao stated that he wanted to get rid of the modern, socialist society, but Mao actually wanted to use political levers to reinstate the "Four Olds".

• Despite the fact that Mao Zedong declared the intent of the Cultural Revolution was to empower people like Lei Feng, Mao Zedong secretly sought to put Liu Shao-qi in a position of greater political power.

• Although Mao Zedong claimed the purpose of the Cultural Revolution was to cleanse China of anti-Communism, most historians agree that Mao Zedong used the Cultural Revolution to reclaim political control over the Chinese Communist Party.

• Mao Zedong did not feel threatened by any political enemies within the Chinese Communist Party leaders, so Mao Zedong only had selfless and honorable intentions for the Cultural Revolution.

Based on Pages 289-290 within the "Q&A with the Author" section of Red Scarf Girl, which of the following is not a lesson that Jiang Ji-Li learned by living through the Cultural Revolution?

• Do not give up when we experience uncertainty, pressure, or challenges in life.

• In order to prevent leaders from having unlimited authority over our lives, we need to do the important work of limiting the power of those leaders.

• In real life, we will face difficulties, so life is not like a pink rose garden.

• Instead of writing our story through the eyes of an adult, write our stories through the eyes of a kid.

Based on Pages 290-291 within the "Q&A with the Author" section of Red Scarf Girl, what best explains why Jiang Ji-Li, "...can't forget the day the revolutionaries from my father's theater came to my school..."?

• That was the day that Jiang Ji-Li ate a delicious four-cent popsicle for the first time in her life.

• Ji-Li still remembers how those revolutionaries scared her into thinking she had to make a seemingly-impossible choice between taking only one of two paths: loyalty to her family or loyalty to her country.

• Even now, Ji-Li has a vivid memory of how her mother's "little brother" seemed to always have the answers to the the tough questions in life.

• After that day, Jiang Ji-Li learned that she could not longer hide the disappointment, exhaustion, and despair she felt in life.

Based on Pages 291-292 within the "Q&A with the Author" section of Red Scarf Girl, why does Jiang Ji-Li consider her life to be "lucky and beautiful"?

• After many years, Ji-Li eventually earned enough money to hire an executive assistant to schedule all of those school presentations, open endless snail-mail letters, and reply back to thousands of emails.

• Ji-Li finally got to fulfill her life dream in China by getting an opportunity to audition as an actress for the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

• Since Ji-Li means "lucky and beautiful" in Mandarin Chinese, of course Ji-Li had no other choice but to see her own life as "lucky and beautiful".

• Ji-Li transformed the parts of her life once considered painful to become a person more grateful for her close relationships, changed life perspective, and shared humanity with those who read her book.