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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 is her form of rebellion against the regime?
(a) Shopping at the black market
(b) Smoking cigarettes
(c) Organizing her friends for protests
(d) Writing articles

2. Why does Satrapi say that her parents wanted to stay in Tehran?
(a) They are afraid of starting over somewhere else
(b) All their ties in life are to Tehran
(c) They own too much property to let it go
(d) So she can receive an education

3. What happened when Iraq and Saudi Arabia offered a peace agreement?
(a) Iraq makes a sneak atack
(b) Iraq refuses it
(c) Iran refuses it
(d) Iran accepts

4. What does Satrapi see when she looks for her parents over her shoulder?
(a) Her parents being arrested
(b) Her father being harassed by Guardians of the Revolution
(c) Her father carrying her mother
(d) Her grandmother fainting

5. How did Satrapi’s feelings about the rituals change over time?
(a) She saw the deeper meaning in them
(b) She ceases to take them seriously
(c) She ends up being the only one who takes them seriously
(d) She begins to abstain in protest

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Satrapi when the Iraq jets bomb Tehran?

2. Why do they choose that country?

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

4. What role does Satrapi’s mother play when the family is stopped by Guardians of the Revolution?

5. How did Satrapi’s father get rid of the Guardians of the Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What solution do Satrapi’s parents propose, to the trouble Satrapi keeps getting into?

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

4. How does Satrapi’s father narrowly avoid his troubles with the Guardians of the Revolution?

5. Describe Satrapi’s shopping trip with her mother’s friend’s children.

6. What does the plastic key signify for Satrapi’s maid?

7. What turn did Satrapi’s life take after Neda Baba-Levy’s death?

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

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

10. What act of rebelliousness does Satrapi perform?

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