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

2. 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

3. On what condition had the fighter pilots agreed to attack Iraq?
(a) That additional political prisoners be released
(b) That the government stop cracking down on protestors
(c) That the government play the national anthem
(d) That the pilots' families be paid if they were killed

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

5. When did Satrapi’s mother meet her husband?
(a) At 20
(b) At 14
(c) At 16
(d) At 12

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Satrapi think about her father when he expresses doubts about the Iranian military?

2. Where do Satrapi’s friends take her during school?

3. What does Satrapi visit at Gandhi Avenue?

4. What does Satrapi say is her form of rebellion against the regime?

5. How did Satrapi’s mother find out that she cut class?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Satrapi find out about her friend Neda Baba-Levy’s death?

2. How does the war change at the beginning of Chapter 18: The Shabbat?

3. What is Satrapi’s mother’s position on the war?

4. What kind of atmosphere exists in the markets, as Chapter 12: The Jewels Opens?

5. What trouble does Satrapi get into at the next school she goes to?

6. How is Satrapi’s life touched by the Iranian attack on Iraq?

7. What ceremonies do Satrapi and other Iranians perform in response to the war?

8. What is the routine Satrapi and her family follow once the bombings start?

9. How do Satrapi’s parents smuggle their loot back into Iran?

10. What is Satrapi’s mother’s reaction when the principal of the second school calls the house?

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