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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 had just happened the year before Satrapi’s story begins?
(a) The exile of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
(b) Her birth
(c) The Islamic Revolution
(d) The death of her grandmother

2. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?
(a) Because she had been mistaken for a Westerner and did not want to give that impression
(b) Because she had been caught stealing from her job
(c) Because she wanted to look younger and had too much gray hair
(d) Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government

3. What household item does Mohsen say was used for torturing his friend Ahmadi?
(a) An iron
(b) Knives
(c) A sponge
(d) A stove

4. What does Marjane Satrapi understand as a result of her reading?
(a) Her parents had protested to preserve the old aristocracy
(b) Her parents had wanted to flee the country
(c) She was ashamed to ride in her father's Cadillac
(d) She wanted to be a prophet

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Western influence in Iran end?

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

4. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?

5. What was Iran’s name from the sixth century B.C. till 1935?

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