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Revolution/Dinner
by Ying Chang Compestine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Q: Who was the "Great leader of our country" in the revolutionary song Ling's neighbor was practicing? | Chairman Mao |
| What year is the book set in? | 1972 (6 years into the "Cultural Revolutio in China) |
| Q: Who was the man who moved in to Father's study? | Comrade Li |
| How old is Ling Chang when the book begins? | 9 years old |
| Q: What did Ling want to be when she grew up? | A teacher |
| What is Ling Chang's parents' job? | Doctors |
| Q: What did the children do to Ling on her first day in a new class? | They tease her |
| What language does Dr. Chang teach his daughter in his free time? | English |
| Q: Why the Chang's neighbor, Dr. Wong taken away? | He was branded an enemy of the state / or He criticized Chairman Mao **a second neighbor's mother was also taken away later for the same thing |
| What radio show did Dr. Chang and his daughter sometimes listen to? | Voice of America |
| Q: What was the reason Ling's father gave for why people wanted to go to America? | Freedom |
| Who was the leader of China at the time the book is set? | Mao Zedong |
| Q: What was used to purchase goods when the food was being rationed? | Ration tickets |
| Who was the neighbor's son who was forced to joi the "Red Guard"/ | Niu ( the Red Guard is similar to "Hitler's Youth") |
| Q: What did Mrs. Wong usually make for Ling each year? | Clothes |
| Because Ling's family was considers bourgeois sympathizers what was their surgeon father forced to do instead of practice medicine? | he was forced to be a janitor at the hospital |
| Q: When Ling went to the fabric store to buy flowered fabric what did she discover about the fabric store? | They no longer sold flowered fabric... they only solf blue fabric (or revolutionary colors--other types of fabric was considered bourgeois) |
| Ling and her father rescue a counter-revolutionary writer (Mr. Ji) who was trying to commit suicide. How was the writer trying to commit suicide? | by drowning himself |
| Q: Mrs. Wong was on stage with her hair cut and the words "Symbol of the Bourgeoisie" hung on a board around her neck. What happened that stopped the attack on Mrs. Wong? | Ling's father stood up for Mrs. Wong |
| Niu and his gang of Red Guard arrested Ling's father for what? | saving the writer from drowning... for this he was considered an antirevolutionary |
| Who takes over the shopping since Mrs. Chang works nights and Dr. Chang was jailed? | Ling |
| Who is Gao? | a revolutionary student at Ling's school who tries to cut her hair--but Ling fights him off with her backpack |
| Why were the "intellectuals" students sent to the countryside? | to be reeducated by the "dirty handed" peasants who were known to love Mao and communism |
| What type of camp was Mrs. Wong sent to? | a labor camp |
| Where did Nui try to defect to? | Hong Kong |
| What candy did Ling give to Nui before he left to work at the rubber factory? | 2 chocolate bars |
| What happened to Nui when they caught him? | he was interogated and denounced his family and friends and "drew a class line" |
| What bridge did Ling dream about seeing in person? | The Golden Gate Bridge |
| Who were pimple face, mouse eyes and short legs? | revolutionaries who harassed Ling and her family |
| What happened to the baby doctor after she returned home bleeding? | She committed suicide rather than be "reeducated" |
| What did the baby doctor's mother do to save her grandsons? | threw herself on the beaten body of her grandson offered to be reeducated and to "draw a party line" between her and her daughter |
| What does "draw a party line" mean? | to renounce anything and any people or family who are not part of the communist party belief system--and agree to be "reeducated" |
| Who is supposed to operate on Gao's father (Commrade Sin) | Ling's father |
| What happens to Ling as she attempt to sneak into the compound? | The guards catch her and throw her into a room with mats that are infested with lice. |
| Who let's Ling out of the room the guards locked her in? | the gardener |
| What does Ling catch from sleeping on the mats in the locked room? | lice |
| What did Ling's mother do to help her get rid of the lice? | cut off all of her hair |
| What does the party think about long hair? | it is a sign of being bourgeois...being vain and self-centered--which are counter productive to being a good communist |
| When does Chairman Mao die? | 1976 |
| Does the revolution end when Mao dies? | no, it is replaced by different revolutionary factions fighting each other |
| At the market/store, what did people use to save their place in line rather than stand in line all night? | baskets and rocks |
| Where was the second shorter line at the store located? | in back... where party members' would be given meat and food while the masses in the front recieved almost nothing |
| What did Ling do to receive meat at the store? | she pretended she was a commrade Mong's daughter |
| Ling's, Teacher Hui, taught reading without textbooks. What did she use instead? | The central government's newspaper, The People's Daily |
| Who was Jiang Qing? What was important about her hair? | Mao's wife... she had short hair cut above her ears and was the model for having an acceptable hair style according to the party |
| Who is Yu? Who is Gao? | a mean girl at school who is pro-revolutionary...mean boy at school who is also pro-revolutionary and the son of Commrade Sin |
| What did they call Ling's father? | An American spy |
| What is a barefoot doctor? | a young peasant who received 8 weeks medical training who is being used to replace the doctors the party has killed or imprisoned |
| What are the "rights" and the "lefts"? | Members of the Red Guard who wore their arm bands on the left or right arm to signal which group of the Red Guard they are siding with |
| What did Ling do to Gao that caused her to be put on stage and ordered to publically apologize? | fought back in school when he wanted to cut her hair |
| What did Ling bang as she did her crazy apology to Gao? | a wok with a spatula |
| What caused the public apology to stop? | Commrade Li was arrested by one of the revolutionary gangs because he sided with Jiang Qing's side |
| What happened in the end to Ling's father? | he was freed and rejoined his family ( he was arrested by Chopstick) |
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