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

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

3. What does Satrapi’s mother threaten to do to her, if she beats up Ramin?
(a) Send her to rot in prison
(b) Nail her ears to the wall
(c) Cast her out of the family
(d) Make her clean the house

4. What does Satrapi want to play with her parents in Chapter 3?
(a) Music
(b) Monopoly
(c) Chess
(d) Cards

5. What is Ramin’s response when Marjane tries to forgive him?
(a) He is confused and uncomfortable
(b) He is indignant and self-righteous
(c) He is ashamed and conciliatory
(d) He is indifferent and unsympathetic

Short Answer Questions

1. What cause did the people finally get to celebrate?

2. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?

3. What does Satrapi say she gave up after talking about torture with her mother?

4. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

5. Where is the one place Satrapi says she felt safe?

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