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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Satrapi’s mother put up dark curtains?
(a) To hide their refugees from the Iranian Guardians
(b) To make their house look more holy and respectful
(c) To hide their card games from the neighbors
(d) To hide their wine distillery

2. What does Satrapi say is her form of rebellion against the regime?
(a) Organizing her friends for protests
(b) Smoking cigarettes
(c) Shopping at the black market
(d) Writing articles

3. How do Satrapi’s parents bring back rock and roll posters?
(a) They sewed them into stuffed animals
(b) They rolled them into their suitcases
(c) They cut them into small pieces
(d) They sew them into their jacket linings

4. How do Satrapi and her family oppose the Islamic Revolution?
(a) They go to forbidden events
(b) They support opposition figures
(c) They protest for reform
(d) They write letters to the newspapers

5. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?
(a) He was her great-grandfather
(b) He was her grandfather
(c) He was her great-uncle
(d) He was her uncle

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Satrapi say the government has not already closed the place her friends take her to?

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

3. What had just happened the year before Satrapi’s story begins?

4. What percentage of the Iranian pilots did not return from the attack on Iraq?

5. What rare music does Satrapi hear on the TV after the Iraqi bombing?

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