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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Half City Hangs, pgs. 206 - 217.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ji Yun begin crying one day?
(a) Her house was searched.
(b) She lost her bag.
(c) She saw a teacher beat.
(d) She was given a bad grade.

2. What was Ji Li happy about while she was sick with a fever?
(a) She got to be with her mother.
(b) She got to miss school.
(c) She didn't have to petition.
(d) She got sleep.

3. What did Comrade Ma call Ji Li's family?
(a) Black.
(b) Bourgois.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Famous.

4. What did Ji Li have a hard time thinking of when classes were canceled?
(a) Ways to protect her grandmother.
(b) Negative views of her teachers.
(c) A salute to Mao.
(d) Ways to enhance China.

5. How long was Dad gone when he came to the house again?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ji Li happy to not know anybody in her Jr. High class?

2. What occupation did Ji Li's parents once hold?

3. What was the Worker's Revolt?

4. What picture hung on Ji Li's classroom wall at the beginning of the book?

5. What did An Yi's mother do for a living?

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