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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Satrapi’s father imply that Marjane gets her stubbornness from?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her school
(c) Her grandmother
(d) Him

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

3. What did the teachers tell the parents who came about the suspension?
(a) They any further dissent would result in arrest
(b) That they could bring up their concerns at the next meeting
(c) That the students had to obey or be expelled
(d) That they could run for school board themselves, if they wanted a change

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Satrapi do with all of her possessions?
(a) Gives them away to her parents
(b) Gives them away to tourists
(c) Gives them away to charity
(d) Gives them away to her friends

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

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

12. Why was the punishment Satrapi’s neighbor paid for having Western music in his house?
(a) Loss of his house
(b) $500
(c) 75 lashes
(d) 3 months in prison

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

14. What does Satrapi compare the war to?
(a) Her dog having died when she was small
(b) The Vietnam War
(c) A war from 1400 years ago
(d) The Soviet-Afghan War

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Satrapi’s class suspended?

2. Where does the idea of sending Satrapi abroad originate?

3. How does Satrapi describe her teacher’s response to her report?

4. How did Pardisse write her report?

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

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