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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 taught her how to read and write
(b) She read and wrote her letters
(c) She cleaned up after her in her room
(d) She took care of the pet birds

2. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?
(a) That they should be exiled
(b) That they should be killed
(c) They they should repent
(d) That they should be forgiven

3. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?
(a) He forbids it
(b) He ends it
(c) He fires the maid
(d) He encourages it

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

5. How old was Satrapi’s maid when she came to live with the family?
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 4
(d) 8

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marjane Satrapi’s neighbors demonstrate after the celebration?

2. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?

3. What does Satrapi find herself wishing had happened to her father?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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