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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What buildings were considered bombproof in Tehran?
(a) Military armories
(b) Mosques
(c) Shanties
(d) Big hotels

2. Why didn’t Khosro make a passport for Satrapi’s uncle Taher?
(a) He is killed
(b) He is a crook
(c) He flees the country
(d) He is arrested

3. What do the Guardians of the Revolution threaten Satrapi’s mother with?
(a) Arrest
(b) Rape
(c) Fines
(d) Beating

4. What do Satrapi’s parents bring back from their travels?
(a) American magazines
(b) Denim jacket
(c) French cigarettes
(d) English boots

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?

2. What does Satrapi find herself wishing had happened to her father?

3. What closed in Iran in 1980?

4. How do Satrapi’s parents bring back rock and roll posters?

5. On what condition had the fighter pilots agreed to attack Iraq?

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