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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Satrapi think about her father when he expresses doubts about the Iranian military?
(a) That he is not strong in the family, either
(b) That he is wise and realistic
(c) That he is a patriot
(d) That he is a fool

2. Why didn’t Khosro make a passport for Satrapi’s uncle Taher?
(a) He is killed
(b) He is arrested
(c) He flees the country
(d) He is a crook

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

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

5. What work did Satrapi and her friends do for the war effort?
(a) Volunteer at hospitals
(b) Collects food for refugees
(c) Deliver aid to families
(d) Knit winter hoods for the troops

6. How does Satrapi’s mother react to the trouble she gets into at school?
(a) She threatens to punish her
(b) She threatens to keep her home from school
(c) She threatens to marry her off to an Islamic man
(d) She warns her about how Islamic men rape women

7. How did Satrapi describe the war in her report for school?
(a) As a nonincident
(b) As an historical event
(c) As a regional catastrophe
(d) As a personal event

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

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

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

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

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

13. Where do Satrapi’s parents travel?
(a) England
(b) Turkey
(c) Spain
(d) America

14. What did Satrapi’s mother make for her when she went to her first party?
(a) A delicate bracelet
(b) A beautiful hat
(c) A new sweater
(d) A punk necklace

15. To what state does Satrapi’s father’s passport forbid travel?
(a) Palestine
(b) America
(c) Italy
(d) Russia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Satrapi’s mother meet her husband?

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

4. Why was the punishment Satrapi’s neighbor paid for having Western music in his house?

5. Who stops Satrapi on the street?

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