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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iraq start to fire at Iranian cities?
(a) Poison gas
(b) Heavy artillery
(c) Biological weapons
(d) Ballistic missiles

2. How does Satrapi say her mother looks in her passport photo?
(a) Beautiful
(b) Unrecognizable
(c) Passionate
(d) Disenchanted

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

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

5. What promise does Satrapi make to her reflection in the mirror?
(a) Not to let herself be sent away
(b) To get her parents out as well
(c) To be true to herself
(d) To always be Iranian

6. What advantage does Satrapi say Iran had in its war with Iraq?
(a) International support
(b) Military technology
(c) Financial strength
(d) The number of soldiers

7. How long did Satrapi and her family have, once the alarms went off, before the missiles would strike?
(a) 6 minutes
(b) 3 minutes
(c) 30 seconds
(d) 15 seconds

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

9. Why does Satrapi say the government has not already closed the place her friends take her to?
(a) They did not know about it
(b) They owners paid them protection money
(c) They ran it themselves
(d) They tolerated it

10. Why will retributive bombing be difficult for Iran?
(a) The air force was dismantled by international law
(b) The air force has largely defected
(c) The fighter pilots were killed in the revolution
(d) The fighter pilots have been imprisoned

11. What is Khosro’s final wish?
(a) To heal his heart
(b) To see his grandchildren
(c) To see his son in Sweden
(d) To go back to his childhood home

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

13. Why does Satrapi’s mother put up dark curtains?
(a) To hide their card games from the neighbors
(b) To hide their refugees from the Iranian Guardians
(c) To make their house look more holy and respectful
(d) To hide their wine distillery

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

15. What does Satrapi say depended on the war?
(a) The stability of the Iranian regime
(b) The Iranian economy
(c) The protests against the government
(d) The Iraqi recovery

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marjane and her grandmother dispose of when they arrive at the house with the Guardians of the Revolution?

2. What happened when Iraq and Saudi Arabia offered a peace agreement?

3. What percentage of the Iranian pilots did not return from the attack on Iraq?

4. How did Pardisse write her report?

5. What happens when Satrapi tangles with her teacher over her bracelet?

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