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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Satrapi and her friends asked to do in school?
(a) Utter ritualistic cries
(b) Beat their breasts
(c) Tear their hair
(d) Lament for the dead

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

3. What lesson does Satrapi say she learned about confrontation?
(a) Give ground and ask for respect
(b) Shout louder
(c) Deny everything
(d) Avoid getting into a confrontation in the first place

4. Who stops Satrapi on the street?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her teacher
(c) Guardians of the Revolution women’s division
(d) Her friend's mother

5. How did Satrapi’s feelings about the rituals change over time?
(a) She saw the deeper meaning in them
(b) She ceases to take them seriously
(c) She ends up being the only one who takes them seriously
(d) She begins to abstain in protest

6. Why is Satrapi’s class suspended?
(a) They were playing Western games and Western sports
(b) They all fail a test on Islamic law
(c) They beat up one of the liberal students
(d) They mock the anniversary of the revolution

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

8. Where do Satrapi’s parents send her?
(a) America
(b) Holland
(c) France
(d) Austria

9. When does Satrapi say she kissed her childhood goodbye?
(a) With her first cigarette
(b) With her first boyfriend
(c) With her first experience of street violence
(d) With her first protest

10. What advice does Satrapi’s mother give her?
(a) Protest her conscience is satisfied
(b) Let the wave of war pass over her
(c) Flee from hostilities that will not end
(d) Protest the government until the government changes

11. What advice does Satrapi’s grandmother give her?
(a) Not to let herself be bullied
(b) To pick her battles
(c) To speak her mind no matter what
(d) To keep her dignity

12. What does Satrapi see when she looks for her parents over her shoulder?
(a) Her parents being arrested
(b) Her father being harassed by Guardians of the Revolution
(c) Her father carrying her mother
(d) Her grandmother fainting

13. Where do Satrapi and her father find Satrapi’s mother after the bombing?
(a) In the shower
(b) In a store
(c) In the library
(d) In a park

14. 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 be arrested
(c) She has her parents pay the schools to keep her
(d) She has to work for six weeks to atone

15. What role does Satrapi’s mother play when the family is stopped by Guardians of the Revolution?
(a) She tempts the soldier
(b) She kills the soldier
(c) She mollifies the soldier
(d) She antagonizes the soldier

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened a year after Satrapi’s uncle Taher died?

2. How does Satrapi say her mother looks in her passport photo?

3. Where do the Satrapis get their news?

4. What does Satrapi say is her form of rebellion against the regime?

5. What is it that injects blood into the veins of society?

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