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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?
(a) She asks her friends for explanations
(b) She has bad dreams even though she tries not to think about it
(c) She goes back to playing with her friends
(d) She reads everything she can

3. What was Iran’s name from the sixth century B.C. till 1935?
(a) Persia
(b) Iran
(c) Aryana
(d) Syria

4. What was Satrapi’s grandfather’s role in the Iranian government?
(a) He was a political prisoner
(b) He was prime minister
(c) He was king
(d) He was a local leader

5. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?
(a) That he will repent one day
(b) That he will never learn
(c) That he will be tortured in his own way
(d) That he will be punished

Short Answer Questions

1. What began to happen regularly after Black Friday?

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

3. How old was Satrapi’s maid when she came to live with the family?

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

5. When does Satrapi realize that she doesn’t understand anything?

(see the answer key)

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