Q 01/05

In Red Scarf Girl, where does Ji-li hide an incriminating letter moments before her home is searched?

A) Under a floorboard

B) Inside her mattress

C) The cat's litter box

D) Behind Mao's portrait

Answer · why

C) The cat's litter box

The cat's litter box on the roof seemed the one place nobody would dig, yet a searcher still found the letter there. Ji-li's grandmother had been made...

Q 02/05

In Red Scarf Girl, what do officials press Ji-li to do if she wants a future in the Communist Party?

A) Testify against her father

B) Publicly denounce her teacher

C) Spy on her own classmates

D) Burn her family's books

Answer · why

A) Testify against her father

Testify against her father was the demand, and Ji-li refused even though it meant giving up the political future she had dreamed of. She could think o...

Q 03/05

In Red Scarf Girl, which secret signal tells Ji-li and her siblings whether it is safe to go home?

A) A lantern in the window

B) A mop on the balcony

C) A red cloth on the door

D) Closed bedroom curtains

Answer · why

B) A mop on the balcony

A mop on the balcony was the family's code while house searches swept the neighbourhood. Ji-li learns it from her grandmother during a picnic in the p...

Q 04/05

In Red Scarf Girl, what had Ji-li's long-dead grandfather been that brands her whole family as class enemies?

A) A mill owner

B) A bank manager

C) A silk merchant

D) A landlord

Answer · why

D) A landlord

A landlord in the family tree was enough to ruin a child's prospects in Mao's China. Ji-li never even met her grandfather, yet classmates held his wea...

Q 05/05

Whose famous book, read at university, inspired Ji-li Jiang to write her memoir Red Scarf Girl?

A) Helen Keller

B) Anne Frank

C) Maya Angelou

D) Elie Wiesel

Answer · why

B) Anne Frank

Anne Frank and her diary planted the idea, but Jiang had no time to write until years later. She said she wanted to help Americans understand China.