Red Scarf Girl STUDY SYNC

Why most likely does the author include the following details in the excerpt?

I had thought about their coming to my home but never imagined this. They were going to expose my family in front of my teachers and classmates. I would have no pride left. I would never be an educable child again.

• To show the lengths the Communists would go to in order to make Ji-Li feel vulnerable

• To make the reader believe that Ji-Li will turn her father in

• To point out that Ji-Li had allies nearby

• To document what a typical investigation looks like

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of these inferences about “educational reform” is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 8)?

“Jiang Ji-li has always done well at school. In addition to doing very well in her studies, she participates in educational reform,” Teacher Zhang added.

• Ji-Li probably regrets being involved in something so controversial.

• Her teacher is probably bringing it up because it sounds good to the Communists.

• It was likely something that Ji-Li became involved with through her father.

• Thin-Face is there because he knows Ji-Li was involved in it.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which of the following best explains the function of the following passage (paragraph 10)?

I closed my eyes. I saw Dad standing on a stage, his head bowed, his name written in large black letters, and then crossed out in red ink, on a sign hanging from his neck. I saw myself standing in the middle of the stage, facing thousands of people, condemning Dad for his crimes, raising my fist to lead the chant, “Down with Jiang Xi-reng.” I saw Dad looking at me hopelessly, tears on his face.

• Ji-Li is trying to force herself to do the right thing and turn in her father.

• Ji-Li is imagining the worst case scenario.

• It is showing what is happening to Ji-Li’s father while she is being questioned.

• It is a leap ahead in time.

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What mainly do the following lines from the text reveal about Ji-Li?

The gray concrete walls closed around me and a slow drizzle dampened my cheeks. I could not go back to the classroom, and I could not go home.

• Her interrogators were not able to affect her.

• She was placed into a solitary confinement room by the Communists.

• She no longer felt safe with her family or her teachers.

• She knows that she has to reveal secrets about her father.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following inferences about the interrogation is best supported by the text?

• Ji-Li is holding back and not revealing comments against Mao that she knows her father has made.

• The people asking Ji-Li questions do not care whether she tells the truth.

• The interrogators have all of the evidence they need on Ji-Li’s father.

• Thin-Face is only making empty threats to Ji-Li that are unlikely to actually happen.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “My voice grew stronger with conviction.”

• “Thin-Face and the woman left, saying they would be back to get my statement.”

• “He must have made comments critical of Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution.”

• "The point is that as long as you have the correct class stance, it will be easy to testify.”

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of the following best expresses a central idea of the excerpt?

• Parents in China are willing to sacrifice their children for their own political gain.

• While government officials can be intimidating, children in China know that they can rely on their teachers to support them.

• If someone does not do what the Communists tell them, they are likely to face a harsh punishment.

• People in China have the same rights and protections during an interrogation as they would in a free democracy.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “These comrades from your father’s work unit are just here to have a study session with you. It’s nothing to worry about.”

• “You can break with your family and follow Chairman Mao, or you can follow your father and become an enemy of the people.”

• “‘I...I…’ I looked at Teacher Zhang for help. He looked away.”

• “If you want to make a clean break with your black family, then you can be an educable child and we will welcome you to our revolutionary ranks.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding definition:

• Strong belief

• reform

• Process of correcting what is wrong

• educable

• Able to be taught

• conviction

• Stating something is completely wrong

• condemning

• To speak on record in court

• testify

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match each line of dialogue with its speaker.

• “That’s right, we welcome you.”

• Thin Face

• “When she went onstage to condemn her mother, she actually slapped her face.”

• Teacher Zhang

• “Jiang Ji-li has always done well at school.”

• Chairman Jin

• “There is something you can do to prove you are truly Chairman Mao’s child.”

• The Woman from the theater

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3