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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Satrapi realize that she doesn’t understand anything?
(a) When her parents describe the political situation in Iran
(b) When her parents describe trying to live on a budget
(c) When her parents laugh about a story about cancer and death
(d) When her grandmother tells her stories about her own childhood

2. When was Iran modernized?
(a) 18th century
(b) 16th century
(c) 19th century
(d) 20th century

3. What do Satrapi and her family condemn in their neighbors?
(a) Islamic fundamentalism
(b) Drinking
(c) Hypocrisy
(d) Western habits

4. What complaint does Satrapi’s father make about Iraqis in Chapter 11?
(a) They drive like maniacs
(b) Theywill destroy Iranian cultural icons
(c) They will enslave Iranians
(d) They will be worse than the Islamists

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mohsen killed?

2. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?

3. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?

4. Who is in charge of issuing Satrapi’s uncle Taher a pass to get medical care abroad?

5. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?

(see the answer key)

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