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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?
(a) That he will be punished
(b) That he will never learn
(c) That he will repent one day
(d) That he will be tortured in his own way

2. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?
(a) She had to wear a veil at school
(b) Her father lost his job
(c) Her family left Iran
(d) She started a new school

3. How much older than Satrapi is Mehri, the maid?
(a) Ten years
(b) Eighteen years
(c) Three years
(d) Twelve years

4. What did Satrapi say she wanted to be, when she grew up?
(a) A prophet
(b) A mother
(c) A grandmother
(d) An astronaut

5. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?
(a) Because she wanted to look younger and had too much gray hair
(b) Because she had been caught stealing from her job
(c) Because she had been mistaken for a Westerner and did not want to give that impression
(d) Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government

Short Answer Questions

1. What closed in Iran in 1980?

2. Who created the first Iranian nation?

3. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?

4. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

5. What does Marjane Satrapi understand as a result of her reading?

(see the answer key)

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