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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?
(a) She goes among the people to hear what they think
(b) She reads the same books that inspired him
(c) She eats the same diet he was given while in prison
(d) She stays in the bath until her skin is as wrinkled as his

2. Where had Satrapi’s father spent the day, when he returns at night?
(a) In the streets
(b) At the army's headquarters
(c) At the hospital
(d) In prison

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

4. What do Marjane Satrapi’s neighbors demonstrate after the celebration?
(a) Shallowness
(b) Pettiness
(c) Courage
(d) Patriotism

5. Why does Satrapi say that writing Persepolis was important to her?
(a) Because she wants to tell the story of those who died for her country
(b) Because she wants to explain why Iran is the way that it is
(c) Because Iran has gotten a bad name form its extremist leaders
(d) Because Iran is no longer the country she knew as a child

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

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

8. What closed in Iran in 1980?
(a) Iranian borders
(b) Iran's museums
(c) Universities
(d) Bilingual schools

9. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?
(a) Isolation
(b) Wealth
(c) Agriculture
(d) Invasion

10. What was Mohsen called in prison?
(a) The man with eyes in the back of his head
(b) The man who will not talk
(c) The man who endures everything
(d) The man with seven lives

11. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?
(a) That he will repent one day
(b) That he will never learn
(c) That he will be punished
(d) That he will be tortured in his own way

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

13. How do Satrapi and her family oppose the Islamic Revolution?
(a) They go to forbidden events
(b) They write letters to the newspapers
(c) They support opposition figures
(d) They protest for reform

14. What does Satrapi get in trouble for, after the schools reopen?
(a) Still wearing her veil
(b) Forcing other students to remove their veils against their will
(c) Not showing up
(d) Remembering that the teacher said the king was chosen by God

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Satrapi’s friend leaving Iran?

2. What does Satrapi say she gave up after talking about torture with her mother?

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

4. Where is the one place Satrapi says she felt safe?

5. What do the Guardians of the Revolution threaten Satrapi’s mother with?

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