Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang

Note To The Reader - The Liberation Army Dancer

What are some of the advantages that Ji Li's family has when compared with her classmates?

Vocabulary:
emblem (1)
exemplary (3)
troupe (9)
inquiry (12)
salon (16)
contagious (17)

Destroy the Four Olds

List the Four Olds.  How are clothing or words part of the Four Olds?

Vocabulary:
pernicious (21)
exploitation (25)
auspicious (25)
martyr (28)
bourgeoisie (30)

Writing Da-Zi-Bao - The Red Successors

Why do you think Ji Li's classmates were so quick to change themselves and treat her differently?

Vocabulary:
revisionist (38)
festoon (39)
insidious (41)
affront (44)
sodden (55)
pandemonium (58)

Graduation - The Sound of Drums and Gongs

What is the history of Ji Li's family?  Her father, grandfather, grandmother?

Vocabulary:
elation (72)
eradicate (80)
clamor (81)
indignant (85)
decor (99)

The Propaganda Wall

What was Six-Finger's life like before the revolution?  How did his status change when the Red Guard gave him a job?

Vocabulary:
jeer (102)
obstinate (108)
spate (109)
confiscate (112)
dirge (115)

A Search in Passing

When the red officer tells Ji Li that she is a "little xenophile" what does she mean?

Vocabulary:
jovial (118)
ornery (127)
zealous (133)
leniency (133)

Fate

Hoe do students react to their teachers during this time?  What prompts these actions?

Vocabulary:
laboriously (142)
disheveled (144)

Junior High School At Last

Compare how students in China at this time are treated when they do well, as compared with students in our class today.

Vocabulary:
flourish (159)
compiled (162)
prelude (165)

Locked Up
What was the fate of Ji Li's parents?  What crimes did they commit?

Vocabulary:
defer (174)
severity (175)
insist (183)
brusque (183)
despicable (189)

An Educable Child - Half-City Jiangs

What qualities does Ji Li have that help her to survive her situation?

Vocabulary:
interrogation (199)
sulk (200)
sincere (205)

The Class Education Exhibition - The Rice Harvest

Did working in the fields change Ji Li's mind about her political class or her family?

Vocabulary:
piteously (220)
dismay (223)
testify (225)
rostrum (231)

The Incriminating Letter - Epilogue

What happened to the letter?  Why was the family trying to hide it?  From whom?

Vocabulary:
impulsive (245)
ransack (249)
luxurious (249)
reliable (251)
haggard (254)