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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Satrapi say the regime changed throughout the war?
(a) They become less solvent
(b) They become less competent
(c) They become more tolerant
(d) They become more repressive

2. Why does Satrapi’s mother put up dark curtains?
(a) To hide their wine distillery
(b) To make their house look more holy and respectful
(c) To hide their card games from the neighbors
(d) To hide their refugees from the Iranian Guardians

3. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?
(a) For speeding
(b) For taking photographs
(c) For listening to Western music
(d) For protesting

4. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?
(a) She asks her friends for explanations
(b) She has bad dreams even though she tries not to think about it
(c) She reads everything she can
(d) She goes back to playing with her friends

5. When was Fereydoon’s son conceived?
(a) The morning of his escape
(b) The night before his execution
(c) The day he is arrested
(d) The day that Fereydoon proclaimed independence

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn’t Khosro make a passport for Satrapi’s uncle Taher?

2. Where is the one place Satrapi says she felt safe?

3. What work did Satrapi and her friends do for the war effort?

4. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?

5. Where does Mohsen say his torturers got training in torture?

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