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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Satrapi and her father find Satrapi’s mother after the bombing?
(a) In the shower
(b) In a store
(c) In the library
(d) In a park

2. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?
(a) She stays in the bath until her skin is as wrinkled as his
(b) She eats the same diet he was given while in prison
(c) She goes among the people to hear what they think
(d) She reads the same books that inspired him

3. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?
(a) That they should be forgiven
(b) They they should repent
(c) That they should be exiled
(d) That they should be killed

4. Why is it ironic that the widow joined the protest that gathered around her husband’s body?
(a) Because he had been in the army himself
(b) Because her husband died of cancer
(c) Because she was not even Iranian
(d) Because her husband had supported the king

5. Why will retributive bombing be difficult for Iran?
(a) The air force has largely defected
(b) The air force was dismantled by international law
(c) The fighter pilots have been imprisoned
(d) The fighter pilots were killed in the revolution

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the king test out in the months after Black Friday?

2. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?

3. Why does Satrapi love Anoosh right away?

4. How did Pardisse write her report?

5. How old was Satrapi’s maid when she came to live with the family?

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