Chapter 12: An Educable Child
The activity for chapter twelve, An Educable Child is to answer the following questions:
- Why does Ji-li decide to join the group preparing the Class Education Exhibition, despite her family background?
- What is the Class Education Exhibition? What type of projects do the children work on?
- Ji-li tells her friend Lin-lin about how Ji-li’s father has been detained. How does Lin-lin respond?
Chapter 13: Half-City Jiangs
The activity for chapter thirteen, Half-City Jiangs is to answer the following questions:
- Describe the policy of confession promoted by the Red Guards and those in charge of the Cultural Revolution. Who is asked to confess? About what crimes are they confessing? What is done to encourage people to confess?
- What happens to Ji-li’s father after the truth of Uncle Zhu’s confession is revealed?