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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Satrapi’s mother find out that she cut class?
(a) One of Satrapi's friends betrays her
(b) A friend's mother called
(c) The school called
(d) Satrapi herself

2. How does Satrapi learn that her friend has been killed?
(a) She find her dead body
(b) She sees her bracelet in the rubble
(c) She hears from another friend
(d) She sees her carried away on a stretcher

3. How long did it take before Marjane Satrapi found out what happened to Pardisse’s father?
(a) A week
(b) A day
(c) Two weeks
(d) A few hours

4. What does Satrapi tell Pardisse after they give their reports?
(a) That she can think of other people who should have died
(b) That her father is a hero
(c) That her father is someplace better
(d) That she should be proud

5. How does Satrapi say the rituals were viewed?
(a) As nationalistic
(b) As ancient and honorable
(c) As macho
(d) As silly

6. What other rituals does Satrapi describe?
(a) Ritual murders
(b) Sacrificial offerings
(c) Suicides
(d) Flagellations

7. What do Satrapi’s parents bring back from their travels?
(a) French cigarettes
(b) American magazines
(c) Denim jacket
(d) English boots

8. How does Satrapi say the regime changed throughout the war?
(a) They become more repressive
(b) They become less competent
(c) They become less solvent
(d) They become more tolerant

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

10. Where does the idea of sending Satrapi abroad originate?
(a) Her grandmother
(b) Her father
(c) Her mother
(d) Her principal

11. What does Satrapi’s father tell the teacher?
(a) Cover his face
(b) Go easy on the kids
(c) To be ashamed
(d) Shave her mustache

12. What did Satrapi say made it hard to look at her uncle Taher?
(a) Anger
(b) Scars from torture
(c) Sadness
(d) Injuries

13. What is the result of the confrontation involving Satrapi and her teacher over Satrapi’s bracelet?
(a) She has to be expelled
(b) She has to work for six weeks to atone
(c) She has to be arrested
(d) She has her parents pay the schools to keep her

14. Who intervened to help Satrapi and her family after the bracelet incident?
(a) Her Uncle Anoosh
(b) An aunt
(c) Her father's friends
(d) Officials high in the government

15. What do Marjane and her grandmother dispose of when they arrive at the house with the Guardians of the Revolution?
(a) Drugs
(b) Music
(c) Western clothes
(d) Alcohol

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Satrapi represent her feelings when she finds out her friend has been killed?

2. What does Satrapi say depended on the war?

3. Why does Satrapi have a hard time in school?

4. Where do Satrapi’s parents travel?

5. What buildings were considered bombproof in Tehran?

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