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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resource changed Iran’s economy?
(a) Dyes
(b) Oil
(c) Spices
(d) Minerals

2. What are Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the King?
(a) She says he was chosen by God
(b) She says she wants him exiled
(c) She says she likes him because he looks kind
(d) She says he is an imposter

3. What does Satrapi’s mother threaten to do to her, if she beats up Ramin?
(a) Cast her out of the family
(b) Nail her ears to the wall
(c) Make her clean the house
(d) Send her to rot in prison

4. Where had Satrapi’s father spent the day, when he returns at night?
(a) At the hospital
(b) In prison
(c) At the army's headquarters
(d) In the streets

5. What do the Guardians of the Revolution threaten Satrapi’s mother with?
(a) Arrest
(b) Fines
(c) Beating
(d) Rape

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

2. What household item does Mohsen say was used for torturing his friend Ahmadi?

3. Why is Satrapi’s mother upset with her and Mehri?

4. What did the king test out in the months after Black Friday?

5. Why is Satrapi’s friend leaving Iran?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anoosh’s role in Iran’s history?

2. Describe Satrapi’s experience of her first protest.

3. What is Satrapi’s relationship with Mehri?

4. What are Satrapi’s feelings about her uncle’s stories?

5. What changes did the Shah make in Iran when he was installed in the 1950s?

6. What is Satrapi’s father’s role in the developing political conflict?

7. Why is Satrapi disappointed with her father?

8. Why did Satrapi get in trouble for what she told Siamak’s daughter?

9. Describe the events that led up the Shah’s fall.

10. What trouble does Satrapi’s relationship with Mehri cause?

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