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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Guardians of the Revolution intimidate Siamak?
(a) They kill his sister
(b) They have him fired from his job
(c) They leave a dead dog on his doorstep
(d) They beat him

2. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?
(a) Charles Dickens
(b) Walt Whitman
(c) Jane Austen
(d) Herman Melville

3. How many political prisoners were released at the beginning of Chapter 7: The Heroes?
(a) 300
(b) 15,000
(c) 3,000
(d) 150

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

5. What are Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the King?
(a) She says he is an imposter
(b) She says she wants him exiled
(c) She says he was chosen by God
(d) She says she likes him because he looks kind

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Satrapi and her family condemn in their neighbors?

4. Why is Satrapi’s friend leaving Iran?

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

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