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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Siamak’s crime?
(a) Protesting the government
(b) Writing subversive articles
(c) Marrying an American
(d) Witnessing police brutality

2. Where did Anoosh say he suffered most?
(a) In prison
(b) In his marriage
(c) In his exile
(d) In his freedom

3. How did Pardisse write her report?
(a) As a letter to her father
(b) As a promise to the nation
(c) As a curse on Iraqis
(d) As a history of the Persian Wars

4. What was Mohsen’s crime?
(a) Advocating free markets
(b) Revolutionary activity
(c) Petty theft
(d) Owning a banned book

5. What rare music does Satrapi hear on the TV after the Iraqi bombing?
(a) Western rock and roll
(b) Traditional Iranian folk music
(c) Western advertisements
(d) The Iranian national anthem

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?

2. Where does Satrapi’s father imply that Marjane gets her stubbornness from?

3. How long did it take before Marjane Satrapi found out what happened to Pardisse’s father?

4. What had just happened the year before Satrapi’s story begins?

5. What statistic does Marjane offer to Anoosh’s political discussion?

(see the answer key)

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