1. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?
(a) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.
(b) Because they wear a veil, their skin is very white like a ghost.
(c) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.
(d) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.

2. According to Nafisi, how is Yassi like Lolita?
(a) Both girls have had their lives changed by reading books.
(b) Both girls have been deprived of the beauty of an ordinary, everyday life.
(c) Both girls are reflections of Nafisi's personal experiences.
(d) Both girls have been raped by older men.

3. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?
(a) They think she is selling and using drugs.
(b) They want to see what was happening on her neighbor's property.
(c) She is able to provide them with safety.
(d) They are searching for contraband.

4. What does Nafisi teach during her first semester as a professor at the University of Tehran?
(a) A large seminar called Research.
(b) A large seminar using banned books.
(c) A small study group related to the works of Nabokov.
(d) Classes in English as a Second Language.

5. Who are the Mujahedeen?
(a) The leaders of the University of Tehran.
(b) A radical religious organization that claims to be the spiritual and political heir of the deceased Ayatollah Taleghani.
(c) A group called the Party of Allah.
(d) The members of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.