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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ramin’s response when Marjane tries to forgive him?
(a) He is ashamed and conciliatory
(b) He is indifferent and unsympathetic
(c) He is indignant and self-righteous
(d) He is confused and uncomfortable

2. What does Satrapi find herself wishing had happened to her father?
(a) That he had moved his family to America
(b) That he had been imprisoned
(c) That he had led the country to freedom
(d) That he had killed the torturers

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

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

5. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?
(a) He encourages it
(b) He ends it
(c) He fires the maid
(d) He forbids it

6. What state is Iran in when Satrapi and her family return from vacation?
(a) Civil war
(b) In a state of war with Iraq
(c) In a state of war with the United States
(d) In a state of war with England

7. Where does Satrapi’s mother tell Marjane Anoosh has gone?
(a) To visit his mother in another city
(b) To America
(c) To prison
(d) To Russia

8. What did Satrapi say Islam is against?
(a) Shaving
(b) Driving
(c) Reading
(d) Marriage

9. Who created the first Iranian nation?
(a) The Greeks
(b) The Medes
(c) The Persians
(d) The Aryans

10. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?
(a) At age 10
(b) At age 6
(c) At age 14
(d) At birth

11. How do Satrapi’s parents justify remaining in Iran?
(a) They know that they will be prevented from leaving
(b) They think they can still make a difference in Iran
(c) They do not wish to take lowly work abroad
(d) They cannot afford to make the trip

12. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?
(a) She started a new school
(b) Her father lost his job
(c) She had to wear a veil at school
(d) Her family left Iran

13. What is the swan made of, that Anoosh gives Marjane?
(a) An old knife
(b) Bread
(c) Paper
(d) A pebble

14. What prediction does Anoosh make to Satrapi?
(a) That one day she will write important books
(b) That one day the proletariat will rule
(c) That one day the regime will fall to reformers
(d) That there will one day be justice for murderers

15. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?
(a) A putsch
(b) An election
(c) An assassination
(d) Reforms

Short Answer Questions

1. What began to happen regularly after Black Friday?

2. What does Marjane Satrapi want to hurt her classmate Ramin for?

3. What does Marjane get in trouble for telling her friend about her father, who is in prison?

4. What did Satrapi say she wanted to be, when she grew up?

5. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?

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