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

2. What does Satrapi do with all of her possessions?
(a) Gives them away to her parents
(b) Gives them away to her friends
(c) Gives them away to tourists
(d) Gives them away to charity

3. Why will retributive bombing be difficult for Iran?
(a) The fighter pilots have been imprisoned
(b) The air force has largely defected
(c) The fighter pilots were killed in the revolution
(d) The air force was dismantled by international law

4. What other rituals does Satrapi describe?
(a) Sacrificial offerings
(b) Flagellations
(c) Suicides
(d) Ritual murders

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Satrapi learn that her friend has been killed?

2. What is it that injects blood into the veins of society?

3. How does Satrapi characterize herself at age 14?

4. Where do Satrapi and her father find Satrapi’s mother after the bombing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What trouble does Satrapi get into at school?

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

7. How do conditions change as the war with Iraq drags on?

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

9. How does Satrapi’s family try to overcome these obstacles to get Satrapi’s uncle medical care?

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

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