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The Red Scarf Girl- Chapters 1-6

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Red Scarf Girl is _______.

a)

a memoir

b)

a biography

c)

a report

d)

an argument

2.

Who is the leader of the country at the time of the story?

a)

Chairman Mao

b)

Chairman Ji-Li

c)

Chairman Gu

d)

Chairman Long

3.

What does Ji-Li want to audition for?

a)

Liberation Army Arts Academy

b)

The school talent show

c)

To be in the Liberation Army

d)

A movie being filmed

4.

Why can't Ji-Li audition?

a)

Her father doesn't like performers

b)

Her mom needs her help at home

c)

Her family is too poor to pay for school

d)

Her family won't pass the background checks

5.

The FourOlds are:

a)

Kids that a 4 years old

b)

Plains, Woodlands, South West, Coastal

c)

ideas, culture, customs, habits

d)

things Mao wanted to keep

6.

Why is Ji-Li happy for the rain while she is home from school?

a)

a. The rain will cancel school.

b)

b. The rain will wash away the da-zi-bao about her.

c)

c. The rain will bring her father home earlier.

d)

d. Both a and b

7.

Ji-li's class mate and best friend

a)

An-yi

b)

Yin Lan-lan

c)

Ji-yong

d)

Ji-yun

8.

Criticized for wearing make-up and stylish clothes

a)

Aunt Xi-wen

b)

Teacher Wei

c)

Yin Lan-lan

d)

Jiang Ji-li

9.

What do the drums and gongs mean in Ji-li’s neighborhood?

a)

that the Red Guards are torturing someone

b)

that the Red Guards are ransacking homes

c)

that the Red Guards are recruiting members

d)

none of these are correct

10.

The character Song Po Po is a ___________________ in Ji Li's family.

a)

Aunt

b)

Uncle

c)

Housekeeper

d)

Younger Sister

11.

Why do Ji-Li's parents fire Song Po-po?

a)

She was bad at her job.

b)

She was a rightist.

c)

They did not want to be accused of exploiting her.

d)

She wasn't fired. She quit.

12.

Why does the Jiang family turn silk dresses into mops and paint red leather trunks black?

a)

To hide their Four Olds appearance if the house is searched.

b)

They were tired of them.

c)

They thought the dress material would look better as a mop.

d)

They were out of fashion and needed to be updated.

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.

Leads searches and organizes posse of children to keep order.

a)

Grandpa Hong

b)

Teacher Wei

c)

Six-Fingers

d)

Aunt Xi-wen

15.

When did the Chinese cultural revolution begin?

a)

1920s

b)

1940s

c)

1960s

d)

2000s

16.

One of the first ways in which Ji-li observes people in her town getting rid of “Four Olds” is:

a)

destroying old store signs and replacing them

b)

firing all the teachers

c)

making relatives wear embarrassing signs

d)

burning homes

17.

How does Ji-li’s life change when the Red Guards appear in the streets?

a)

a. She must do more housework since they fired their housekeeper.

b)

b. She spends the summer without her best friend.

c)

c. She must burn old baby photos.

d)

d. Both a and b

18.

Why does the family drag four trunks out to the roof?

a)

to tear up the gowns and make covers

b)

to burn them and their contents

c)

to hide them and bury the clothes

d)

to paint them a different color