Forbidden City Test

Forbidden City Test

Time that the book took place

Based on the 1989 Tiananmen Square

Place

Toronto and Beijing China

Circumstances

Ted and Alex are going to Beijing to cover the Russian Premier coming to China

The 3 demands that the University Students were making on their government.

• The government treating them as equal

• The Government apologize for the violences

• The new to stop lying about the students.

What was the PLA Known For

 the pla were known to liberate china  fom korea and russia and they were seen as heroes

What was the statue name

the goddess of democracy

Why did Alex go to the Square on June 4th

Alex went to the square on june 4 to help his dad because he heard shooting and reports of shooting so he went to see if his dad was okay.

How is the novel written

Epistolary

Bildungsroman

a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education.

Why did they have a bonfire

Had a bonfire to burn up bodies and evidence

Where's home for alex

Toronto

Natural medicine used for alex when shot

acupuncture

martial law means

It means all laws are suspended and the government makes policies directly using the military. Martial laws means soldiers on street corners with guns, searches of people and houses without any warrant by soldier not polices

Who does alex compare himself to in the prolonge

Alex compare himself to the soldier ulysess

Who the new anchorman for cbc

Eddie

How are Alex and his dad similar according to Eddie?

They are both determind

What are the advantages of using this form?

The advantage is that it shows the narrator prospectives

What are the disadvantages of using this form

We can only read the narrator prospective and we cant read other people point of views

Why does Alex and his dad go to beijing

They go to beijing to cover the Russian premier offical vist to beijing. Ted also replace the old camera guy.

What is the “Forbidden City?

The Forbidden city where the emperors had lived from 1368 until the early 1900.

According to Alex, why does he like military stuff?

Alex like miltary stuff because of it battle plans and the stategies and the weapons

How does the Chinese government feel about foreigners?

They are cautious and sometimes suspicoes about forenigers

How do the Chinese decide their careers?

Influened by test and societal needs

how is Alex and Ted personalities different?

Ted is very childish/Alex is mature

Ted is a mess, Alex is neat

Briefly describe Tien An Men Square.

Tian An Men Square is a mega huge square. IT almost 40 hectares with tress lining on the north /south sides.

Where did Lao Xu take Alex?

He took him to a place to hear about chinese history

What is Feng Shui?

wind-water

Why is it a problem that the students are demonstrating during Gorbachev’s visit?

It look bad for China sinces people are straving themselfs

What has the government done to cut off news and information flow in and outside China.

The government sent plain men into the radio and TV stations and into the offices of all the newspaper published in Beijing.

Of what significance is it that the PLA troops that are now in the Square are not Beijing troops?

The PLA troops are way harder on the protester and show no mercy.

Why is it difficult for Lao Xu to believe the PLA is firing in the Square

He think that the PLA are perfect heroes that could never hurt any clivillains

Describe Xin-hua and Alex’s plan.  Where are they going?

They are trying to go to the Canadian Embassey

What do the main roads look like since the soldiers began firing on the students on June 4^th?

It look like a war zone

Why does Alex refer to his disguise as a trap?

Alex calls his disguise a "trap" because it helps him hide but also puts him in danger of being mistaken for a protester

What did Alex learn had happened to his dad on the night of June 4^th?

Alex learns that his dad was arrested by Chinese authorities on the night of June 4th while trying to report on the Tiananmen Square massacre

Explain what Alex did after seeing the news report on TV

After seeing the news report on TV in Canada, Alex broke down in tears, overwhelmed by the memories of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the horrors he witnessed, showing how deeply the events affected him.

Why are the students called counter-revolutionary

they protest against what the government is for and what they've been building for.

What happened cause they called counter-revolutionary

They can get shot or arrested