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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Satrapi’s mother upset with her and Mehri?
(a) For stealing from her
(b) For putting themselves in danger
(c) For lying to her
(d) For not telling her where they were going

2. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?
(a) Wealth
(b) Invasion
(c) Isolation
(d) Agriculture

3. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?
(a) Jane Austen
(b) Walt Whitman
(c) Herman Melville
(d) Charles Dickens

4. How old was Satrapi’s maid when she came to live with the family?
(a) 8
(b) 4
(c) 12
(d) 18

5. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?
(a) Never forget your people
(b) Never forgive atrocities
(c) Forget any wrongs if righting them will kill you
(d) Forgive but never forget

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?

2. What does Satrapi’s mother threaten to do to her, if she beats up Ramin?

3. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?

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

5. What is Ramin’s response when Marjane tries to forgive him?

(see the answer key)

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