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The China Coin Chapter Questions
The China Coin: Chapter Questions
Chapters 1 & 2:
1. What is Leah’s attitude to her Chinese identity as she travels to China? How do we know? (page 10)
2. What is Leah’s attitude to her mother at the beginning of the novel? How do you know? (page 9)
3. What does Leah learn about the city of Guangzhou? Does she fit in (feel that she belongs?) How do you know? (pages 15-19)
4. What is Leah’s attitude to China at this stage of her journey? How do we know? (page 20-23)
5. In Guangzhou what does Leah learn about the political situation in China? (page 22)
Good Field Village: Chapters 3-7
6. a) What do we learn about Leah’s appearance and life in Australia? (pages 23-24)
b) What does her statement “You’re not Chinese. You don’t even look like them”, suggest about her feeling about her Chinese identity?
7. Leah learns about the traditional Chinese village. Describe its appearance and Jade and Grandfather’s house. (pages 26-27, 30-31, 38)
8. Leah begins to learn about the political history and events in China. What does she learn about life under Mao and Deng? What is Grandfather’s attitude to the protesters and why? (pages 37-38)
9. Joan and Leah seem to have grown apart since her father’s death. Leah’s thought give us flashbacks to their earlier, happier life together when Leah’s dad was alive. What does Leah remember? (39-40) What does she feel is happening to Joan in China? (pages 50-51).
Shanghai: Chapters 7-8
10. What does Leah learn about China’s history during the argument with the Party Offical on the train? (pages 56-57)
11. What happens to Leah in Shanghai? How does Baillie use language to create tension and excitement in this incident? Give quotes from the story to support your answer.
12. Leah and Joan see a demonstration of students on their way to the boat. What do they learn about why they are demonstrating? (page 67)
The Journey up the Yangtze: Chapters 9-11
13. What does Leah learn about why her mother decided to come to China so soon after her
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