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Red Scarf Girl Reading Check and Vocab 1-3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does it mean to "liberate"? Example: "... who helped Chairman Mao liberate China from oppression..."
a)
to refrain from
b)
to free
c)
to participate in
d)
to be subjected to
2.
The genre of Red Scarf Girl is _______.
a)
a memoir
b)
a biography
c)
a report
d)
an argument
3.
What does the red scarf represent?
a)
The Four Olds
b)
The Chinese Communist Revolutionaries
c)
Middle School Age
d)
A Western Ideal 
4.
Why does the Liberation Army soldier visit Ji-li’s school?
a)
To recruit students for the Central Liberation Army 
b)
To punish students who go by the four olds 
c)
For a political background check 
d)
To see the great academics of Xin Lee school
5.
Why did Ji-li’s father tell his daughter that she cannot audition for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy?
a)
He was jealous.
b)
He was scared for the political background check.
c)
He disliked Mao.
d)
Trick question- He let her audition! 
6.
Which one is not one of the four olds?
a)
old ideas 
b)
old culture 
c)
old customs
d)
old men 
7.
Why were the signs on old shops being destroyed?
a)
They were new shops. 
b)
Ji-Li said the shops were in debt.
c)
They were part of the four olds.
d)
It was Mao's favorite shop.
8.
Who were the student inspectors?
a)
students assigned to destroy western style of clothing.
b)
students with high grades and high morals
c)
students Mao was targeting to punish. 
d)
Ji Li and her friends
9.
What does Du Hai say to Ji Li about respect for teachers?
a)
They should always respect their teachers.
b)
They shouldn't be teachers "little lambs" and they shouldn't respect teachers.
c)
Mao is the only great teacher in China.
d)
Only respect teachers if they respect you.
10.
Who is Song Po-Po?
a)
Ji Li's mother
b)
Mao's great assistant
c)
A Comrade for the Liberation Army
d)
Nanny turned housemaid that Ji Li is very close with.
11.
What is a proletarian?
a)
workers or working-class people
b)
A person who follows Capitalism
c)
A religious person in China
12.
Determine the meaning of "revisionist".
a)
A person is considered to be right.
b)
The people who practice reconsidering of long-established practices, views, or beliefs
c)
A participant in the revolution.
d)
Somebody with politically conservative views
13.
What is written about Ji-li on the da-zi-bao?
a)
She is called a teacher's little lamb.
b)
It says she is from a black family.
c)
It states she has a relationship with Teacher Ke.
d)
It calls Ji-li a Western bourgeois admirer.
14.
What is the meaning of xenophile?
a)
One who loves all things from other places.
b)
A loyal member of the Communist party.
c)
A person who is full of hubris.
d)
Someone that is from a  red family.
15.
What does the word "exploitation" mean in the following sentence: Doesn't that mean to make a lot of money, like Great Prosperity? Chairman Mao told us that was exploitation.
a)
wicked or meaning to cause harm
b)
promising well for the future
c)
unfair treatment or use of somebody or something, usually for personal gain
d)
to express harsh criticism or condemnation of something or somebody, usually in public