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

2. Why does Satrapi say that writing Persepolis was important to her?
(a) Because Iran is no longer the country she knew as a child
(b) Because she wants to tell the story of those who died for her country
(c) Because Iran has gotten a bad name form its extremist leaders
(d) Because she wants to explain why Iran is the way that it is

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

4. Where do Satrapi’s friends take her during school?
(a) A dance club
(b) A black market
(c) Kansas restaurant
(d) A Western hotel

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What other rituals does Satrapi describe?

3. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?

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

5. Why is Satrapi’s class suspended?

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