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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) Tear their hair
(b) Lament for the dead
(c) Beat their breasts
(d) Utter ritualistic cries

2. How does Satrapi’s father react to the trouble she gets into at school?
(a) He is grateful to her
(b) He is ashamed of her
(c) He is proud of her
(d) He is afraid for her

3. How does Satrapi describe her teacher’s response to her report?
(a) She reprimands Satrapi
(b) She is angered
(c) She praises Satrapi
(d) She is not impressed

4. Why does Satrapi say that her parents wanted to stay in Tehran?
(a) All their ties in life are to Tehran
(b) They own too much property to let it go
(c) So she can receive an education
(d) They are afraid of starting over somewhere else

5. What happened to Pardisse’s father during the attack on Iraq?
(a) He was killed
(b) He was freed
(c) He was injured
(d) He was taken prisoner

6. How do Satrapi and her friends leave the school?
(a) Climb the wall
(b) Hide in a truck
(c) Slip through the fence
(d) Walk through the front gate

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

8. Where do Satrapi and her family go during bombing raids?
(a) To her grandmother's house
(b) A neighboring town
(c) A bomb shelter
(d) The basement

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

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

11. What does Satrapi say Iranians are Olympic athletes in?
(a) Gossip
(b) Exaggeration
(c) Fact-checking
(d) Science

12. What is it that injects blood into the veins of society?
(a) The death of a martyr
(b) Learning and art dedicated to war
(c) Plenty of decent funding
(d) Military victories

13. Where is Satrapi when the Iraq jets bomb Tehran?
(a) Her father's office
(b) Her house
(c) The park
(d) At school

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

15. Why does Satrapi’s mother accuse her husband of being a hypocrite?
(a) For wanting to travel without her
(b) For wanting to stay in the West
(c) For saying he knew who Kim Wilde was
(d) For claiming to like Iron Maiden

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the teachers tell the parents who came about the suspension?

2. What American musician did Satrapi’s parents bring back a pin of?

3. How does Satrapi learn that her friend has been killed?

4. What has started to show up in the streets, now that the war is going on?

5. What does Satrapi see when she looks for her parents over her shoulder?

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