1. The Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are two modern Chinese-speaking countries. When was each founded? Where do their governments currently reside? Why?

2. Is the China described in Jiang's book the same now as it was in the 1960s and 1970s? How would you find this out?

3. What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? When did it start?

What sorts of things did people in China do during that decade from 1966-1976?

What was happening in the rest of the world? The United States? France and Germany, Russia, etc.

4. What did the Cultural Revolution do to the educational system in China? How did this affect Jiang when she was a Red Scarf Girl? What about after the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976?

5. What was the Red Guard? When was it first formed and what sorts of duties and responsibilities did...