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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What service did Satrapi perform for Mehri?
(a) She took care of the pet birds
(b) She taught her how to read and write
(c) She read and wrote her letters
(d) She cleaned up after her in her room

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

3. What do Marjane Satrapi’s neighbors demonstrate after the celebration?
(a) Courage
(b) Pettiness
(c) Shallowness
(d) Patriotism

4. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say she survived in her poverty?
(a) She took in sewing
(b) She left the country
(c) She got a job in a factory
(d) She remarried to a rich man

5. What does Satrapi get in trouble for, after the schools reopen?
(a) Remembering that the teacher said the king was chosen by God
(b) Forcing other students to remove their veils against their will
(c) Not showing up
(d) Still wearing her veil

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Satrapi’s reaction to her father’s reaction to the romance between Mehri and the neighbor boy?

3. Where does Mohsen say his torturers got training in torture?

4. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?

5. When does Satrapi’s account of Iranian history begin?

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