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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 lying to her
(c) For not telling her where they were going
(d) For putting themselves in danger

2. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?
(a) For speeding
(b) For listening to Western music
(c) For protesting
(d) For taking photographs

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

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

5. Where did Iran get its name?
(a) From indigenous Aryans
(b) From Greek historians
(c) From local legends
(d) From Indo-European invaders

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?

3. How much older than Satrapi is Mehri, the maid?

4. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say she survived in her poverty?

5. What does Satrapi want to play with her parents in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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