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WorksheetsRed Scarf Girl Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
When did the Chinese cultural revolution begin?
1920s
1940s
1960s
2000s
Why does Ji-li’s dad NOT want her to audition for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy?
He doesn’t want her to be disappointed.
He believes that the leaders will investigate the family and not let her join.
He thinks that she will not have enough time to study.
She needs to babysit her little sister.
According to Chairman Mao, the “Four Olds” are:
old ideas, old culture, old family, old habits
old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits
old photos, old culture, old customs, old language
old culture, old customs, old language, old education
One of the first ways in which Ji-li observes people in her town getting rid of “Four Olds” is:
destroying old store signs and replacing them
firing all the teachers
making relatives wear embarrassing signs
burning homes
Ji-Li and An Yi argue with their classmates over:
a. their bad grades
b. using words that represent the Four Olds
c. changing the names of the shops in town
d. both b and c
The students start making da-zi-bao because:
school is cancelled due to the teachers being fired
school is cancelled due to the idea that the education system is not proper
school is delayed because the leaders are investigating the teachers
Chairman Mao told the students to decorate the school
What problem does Ji-li have with the da-zi-bao?
a. She can’t think of one easily.
b. She can’t see her teachers as the villains described on the posters.
c. She sees one that describes her father.
d. Both a and b
Why doesn’t Ji-li go to school for awhile?
a. She is afraid for her life.
b. She is struck with a fever
c. Someone wrote a da-zi-bao about her.
d. Both b and c
Why is Ji-Li happy for the rain while she is home from school?
a. The rain will cancel school.
b. The rain will wash away the da-zi-bao about her.
c. The rain will bring her father home earlier.
d. Both a and b
As a result of kids wanting to join the Red Guards, the school district:
allowed elections for Red Successors
allowed elections for Red Guards
allowed ten students to join the cause held by the colleges
none are correct
Du Hai, Ji-li’s classmate, tells everyone that her grandfather was:
a restaurant owner
a bookmobile owner
a landlord
an actor
Who repeatedly tells Ji-Li to not be ashamed of herself for her grandfather’s actions?
her sister
her brother
her father
her best friend
One of the reasons the Red Successors bully Ji-li is because
a. her family has a housekeeper
b. her family lives in a huge mansion
c. her family owns a business
d. both a and b
Ji-Li and An Yi rush out to buy school supplies early and flaunt them because:
they are excited to go to Shi-Yi, their dream school
they want everyone to know they don’t care about the Red Successors
they are happy to be able to afford them
none of these
What disappointment does Ji-li have regarding junior high school and why?
a. She was never nominated to the school of her choice because the teachers hate her.
b. She must go to the same school as kids in her neighborhood because teacher recommendations are deemed invalid.
c. She can’t take an entrance exam because the school sees it as invalid.
d. Both b and c
What do the drums and gongs mean in Ji-li’s neighborhood?
that the Red Guards are torturing someone
that the Red Guards are ransacking homes
that the Red Guards are recruiting members
none of these are correct
How does Ji-li’s life change when the Red Guards appear in the streets?
a. She must do more housework since they fired their housekeeper.
b. She spends the summer without her best friend.
c. She must burn old baby photos.
d. Both a and b
Why does the family drag four trunks out to the roof?
to tear up the gowns and make covers
to burn them and their contents
to hide them and bury the clothes
to paint them a different color
What is the propaganda wall?
where the people in the Black Categories have to wave Communist propaganda and confess their supposed crimes
where the people in the Black Categories have to write da-zi-bao about themselves
where the Red Guards beat the people in the Black Categories
where the government post old sayings of the past
After hearing from the most famous Red Guard leader in her town, Ji-li wishes:
to quit school and join the Red Guard
to denounce her family and join the leader’s march
that Chairman Mao will forgive her class status so she can be a Red Guard
that she could join the Red Successors at school
What incident is linked to the Red Guards humiliating and torturing Old Qian?
Ji-li joins the Red Guards.
Ji-li yells at her grandmother for being sympathetic to the man.
An Yi’s grandmother commits suicide.
An Yi’s family moved away from the neighborhood.
Why do the kids begin taking their grandmother to the park?
because she will be killed if the Red Guards find her at home
because their grandmother is dying because of the stress
because their grandmother worries too much about the searches
because their grandmother wants to see the Red Guards torturing others
What do Ji-li’s parents do with some old photos and why?
They rip them up because the photos show people in fancy attire.
They burn them because the photos show people in fancy attire.
They burn them along with the clothes in the photo because the clothes were old-fashioned.
They hide them in the attic because the photos show the grandfather as a rich man.
Why does Ji-Li’s home get ransacked along with her fourth aunt’s?
a knife was found in a dumpster along with half burned photos of her Fourth Aunt
a knife was found in a dumpster along with her grandma’s expensive gowns
someone reported the family burning pictures
none of the choices are correct
When Ji-li’s home gets ransacked and her best friend’ s grandmother commits suicide, she realizes that both her and her best friend:
must join the Red Guards
must disassociate from their families
belong to families with bad class status
are never going to get into the school of their choice
When Ji-li sees her disgraced aunt fall in an alley, she is shocked that:
her aunt’s husband is yelling at her
her aunt’s son ignores her
her aunt is crawling on the ground
her aunt is laughing
Ji-li and her siblings all:
get regularly commended at school
skip school often
get ridiculed and called names by others
don’t ever stick up for themselves
Ji-li hates all her junior high classes, expect for:
English
History
Science
Math
Ji-li’s father is taken away because:
the Red Guards find old photos with his landlord dad
the Red Guards now think being an actor is wrong
the Red Guards want to recruit him
the Red Guards are accusing him of listening to foreign radio
Ji-li notices on Chinese New Year that the town:
is unusually quiet and solemn compared to the celebration last year
is completely destroyed by the Red Guards
is frightening with all the gongs
none of the above
Teacher Zhang believes that Ji-li can:
become a Red Guard by changing her last name
overcome her family background and represent their class at an exhibition
become a great leader of their class
never graduate from school
After staying up all night with her classmates, Ji-li learns that:
one of her teachers hates her and prevents her from working with her classmates anymore
her dad is home, and her classmates are preventing her from seeing him
one of her classmates, a Red Guard Committee member, chooses to go to school rather than help her brother
a classmate wants to ask her out
What action causes Ji-li to almost change her name?
Someone published false reports about her father.
Someone published true reports of her mother’s ties to foreign government.
Someone published true reports about her landlord family.
Someone published false reports about her grandmother
Ji-li feels ashamed of being so selfish and almost denouncing her family name after:
Song Po-po gives her a gift from her father.
Song Po-po is detained and questioned.
Song Po-po is taking care of Ji-li’s mother.
Song-Po-po helps with the Jiang’s chores.
After giving a very emotional performance at the exhibition. Ji-li must make a decision. What is this decision?
Should she keep telling lies at the exhibition?
Should she testify against her father?
Should she confess her crimes?
Should she continue the process of changing her name?
When Ji-li refuses to cooperate, her teacher decides to:
replace her exhibit with another
kick her out of school
scold her and force her to talk about her father
let another student take her role at the exhibition
Why does Chang Hong meet to talk to Ji-li after the exhibition?
She wants Ji-li to apologize to her teacher.
She wants her to testify against her father.
She wants Ji-li to work in the fields alongside her.
She wants Ji-li to work in the fields to “remold” herself.
Ji-li wants to work where and why?
in the school so she can learn more quickly
in the factories so she can take of her sick mom
in the fields so she can be next to the boy she likes
in the fields to please the Red Guards
What is Ji-li’s major conflict working in the fields?
She can’t keep up with the other’s work.
She misses her family.
She worries about her father’s situation.
She is hungry all the time.
What happens when Ji-li goes to work in the countryside?
She becomes the best worker.
She oversleeps and gets fired.
She quits after one day.
She faints and is reassigned.
What does Ji-li’s mother beg Ji-li to hide, and where does Ji-li hide it?
a letter complaining about the authorities at the theatre; in the cat’s litter box
a letter confessing to crimes against the government; in the cat’s litter box
a letter declaring her mother as a landlord’s daughter; in the attic
none of the choices are correct
After their home is ransacked again, Ji-li:
contemplates suicide
changes her name
attempts to run away
testifies against her father
One result of the authorities finding the letter is:
her mother must work for small wages in the fields.
her grandma must kneel every day at the propaganda wall
her grandma must become a housekeeper
none of the choices are correct
Near the end, what promise does Ji-li make to her mom and how does this change her?
She will take care of her brother and sister if she needs to; she realizes family and responsibilities are the most important ideals.
She will take care of the family from now on; she realizes that she could never betray her own father.
She will do her best in school to be a leader; she realizes that she should not waste her mind.
She will never change her name; she realizes that the government will soon be replaced.
The Cultural Revolution ended when:
Ji-li moved away from the neighborhood
Chairman Mao was arrested by rebels
the revolutionaries turned against Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao died
Interestingly, both Ji-li and her sister became:
farmers
teachers
musicians
political figures
What is the MOST likely reason Ji-li never thought negatively about Mao?
The government controlled information and only reported positively about him.
She never was able to watch television reporting the truth.
She was heavily opposed to American ideals, which opposed Mao.
None of the above
The Cultural Revolution was really about:
control over the masses
money among countries
power among political parties
opposition to the United States
What happened to most of Mao’s allies, Red Guards, etc.?
They were not really punished.
They were exiled from China.
They were arrested and tried for their crimes.
The author never mentions what happened to them
Ji-li's main goal in writing the book is:
to help two countries learn about each other
to help her family understand her emotions
to teach young teens about her experiences
to alleviate her haunted feelings
