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

2. Why does Satrapi’s mother accuse her husband of being a hypocrite?
(a) For claiming to like Iron Maiden
(b) For saying he knew who Kim Wilde was
(c) For wanting to stay in the West
(d) For wanting to travel without her

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

4. Why do they choose that country?
(a) Her father's brother lives there
(b) She could get a visa
(c) She has always loved Austrian culture
(d) She lived there as a child

5. What does Pardisse tell Satrapi in response?
(a) She wishes that her mother had died instead
(b) She wishes her father was still alive
(c) She wishes that no one would ever die
(d) She wishes that she could have died in his place

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Iraq and Saudi Arabia offered a peace agreement?

2. How did Satrapi’s feelings about the rituals change over time?

3. Why is Satrapi’s class suspended?

4. Where does Satrapi tell her teacher she got her bracelet?

5. What advice does Satrapi’s mother give her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What act of rebelliousness does Satrapi perform?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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