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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Satrapi make Anoosh’s story make sense?
(a) She focuses only on the things he was given to eat.
(b) She tells herself it is just like books she has read.
(c) She compares his trials to her friend’s father’s trials.-
(d) She forbids anyone to suffer like he did, when she is in charge.

2. What American musician did Satrapi’s parents bring back a pin of?
(a) Elvis Presley
(b) Howling Wolf
(c) Johnny Cash
(d) Michael Jackson

3. How do Satrapi’s parents bring back rock and roll posters?
(a) They rolled them into their suitcases
(b) They sewed them into stuffed animals
(c) They sew them into their jacket linings
(d) They cut them into small pieces

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

5. How is Mohsen killed?
(a) He is savagely beaten
(b) He is hung
(c) He is shot
(d) He is drowned

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Satrapi’s mother upset with her and Mehri?

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

3. Why does Satrapi love Anoosh right away?

4. What problem does Anoosh say will complicate the Marxist program in Iran?

5. Why does Satrapi say that writing Persepolis was important to her?

(see the answer key)

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