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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?
(a) He is a Turk
(b) He is an Afghan
(c) He is Kurdish
(d) He is an American

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

3. What did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have to give up, in order to lead Iran?
(a) Control of the parliament to the opposition parties
(b) Borderlands
(c) Iranian oil
(d) Nothing

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

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 mistaken for a Westerner and did not want to give that impression
(c) Because she had been caught stealing from her job
(d) Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it ironic that the widow joined the protest that gathered around her husband’s body?

2. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?

3. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?

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

5. What does Satrapi get in trouble for, after the schools reopen?

(see the answer key)

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