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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage does Satrapi say Iran had in its war with Iraq?

2. What complaint does Satrapi’s father make about Iraqis in Chapter 11?

3. Why is Satrapi’s class suspended?

4. How does Satrapi convey her newfound maturity in Chapter 15?

5. How long did it take before Marjane Satrapi found out what happened to Pardisse’s father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Satrapi ask her parents to bring back for her from Turkey?

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

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

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

8. What factors contribute to Satrapi’s uncle Taher’s heart condition?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the audience for Persepolis? What is the ideal reader for Persepolis likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

Essay Topic 3

Would you recommend Persepolis? For what purposes would you recommend Persepolis, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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