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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Satrapi’s mother accuse her husband of being a hypocrite?
(a) For saying he knew who Kim Wilde was
(b) For wanting to stay in the West
(c) For wanting to travel without her
(d) For claiming to like Iron Maiden

2. What happened when Iraq and Saudi Arabia offered a peace agreement?
(a) Iraq refuses it
(b) Iraq makes a sneak atack
(c) Iran accepts
(d) Iran refuses it

3. What does Satrapi say is her form of rebellion against the regime?
(a) Organizing her friends for protests
(b) Smoking cigarettes
(c) Writing articles
(d) Shopping at the black market

4. Why does Satrapi have a hard time in school?
(a) She cannot accept the Islamic ideology when it is contra-factual
(b) She cannot restrain herself from acting out to get attention
(c) She cannot do the work, so she undermines the teachers
(d) She cannot focus, and serves as a big distraction to the class

5. What did the teachers tell the parents who came about the suspension?
(a) They any further dissent would result in arrest
(b) That they could bring up their concerns at the next meeting
(c) That the students had to obey or be expelled
(d) That they could run for school board themselves, if they wanted a change

6. How do Satrapi and her friends leave the school?
(a) Hide in a truck
(b) Climb the wall
(c) Walk through the front gate
(d) Slip through the fence

7. How does Satrapi say the rituals were viewed?
(a) As macho
(b) As ancient and honorable
(c) As nationalistic
(d) As silly

8. How does Satrapi represent her feelings when she finds out her friend has been killed?
(a) A scene of falling
(b) Arrows piercing her heart
(c) Concentric circles
(d) An all-black panel

9. What complaint does Satrapi’s father make about Iraqis in Chapter 11?
(a) They will enslave Iranians
(b) They will be worse than the Islamists
(c) They drive like maniacs
(d) Theywill destroy Iranian cultural icons

10. How much does the family receive for the dowry of the murdered girl Satrapi’s mother tells her about?
(a) $5,000
(b) $5
(c) $50
(d) $500

11. Where do the Satrapis get their news?
(a) From their neighbors
(b) From the Iranian news
(c) From the BBC
(d) From their newspapers

12. What does Satrapi see when she looks for her parents over her shoulder?
(a) Her father being harassed by Guardians of the Revolution
(b) Her father carrying her mother
(c) Her grandmother fainting
(d) Her parents being arrested

13. Where do Satrapi and her family go during bombing raids?
(a) A bomb shelter
(b) The basement
(c) To her grandmother's house
(d) A neighboring town

14. Where does Satrapi’s father imply that Marjane gets her stubbornness from?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her school
(c) Him
(d) Her grandmother

15. What happens when Satrapi tangles with her teacher over her bracelet?
(a) She falls trying to get away from her teacher
(b) The teacher attacks her
(c) Someone else intervenes against her teacher
(d) She attacks her teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Satrapi compare the war to?

2. What lesson does Satrapi say she learned about confrontation?

3. What does the attack in Chapter 11 make Satrapi want to do?

4. What buildings were considered bombproof in Tehran?

5. How long did it take before Marjane Satrapi found out what happened to Pardisse’s father?

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