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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 Iranian economy
(b) The stability of the Iranian regime
(c) The Iraqi recovery
(d) The protests against the government

2. How does Satrapi characterize herself at age 14?
(a) A rebel
(b) A bookworm
(c) An invisible kid
(d) A pleaser

3. Where does Satrapi tell her teacher she got her bracelet?
(a) Because Satrapi had reported it stolen
(b) Because Satrapi has been flaunting it
(c) Because she envied it
(d) Because jewelry is forbidden

4. Where does the idea of sending Satrapi abroad originate?
(a) Her grandmother
(b) Her principal
(c) Her mother
(d) Her father

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Pardisse’s father during the attack on Iraq?

2. How does Satrapi’s mother react to the trouble she gets into at school?

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

4. Why will retributive bombing be difficult for Iran?

5. What buildings were considered bombproof in Tehran?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Satrapi avoid getting into trouble with the Guardians of the Revolution?

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

3. Describe Satrapi’s departure from Iran.

4. How does it come about that Iran retaliates with an air strike on Iraq?

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

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

7. What difficulties does Satrapi and her family have in getting her uncle medical care?

8. How does Satrapi say the Iranian currency has changed during the war?

9. What liberties does Satrapi take with her parents’ patience as political conditions deteriorate?

10. What act of rebelliousness does Satrapi perform?

(see the answer keys)

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