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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. When does Satrapi say she kissed her childhood goodbye?

2. Why didn’t Khosro make a passport for Satrapi’s uncle Taher?

3. What does the attack in Chapter 11 make Satrapi want to do?

4. Why is Satrapi’s class suspended?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn’t the war end when Iraq makes a peace proposal?

4. How does the war change at the beginning of Chapter 18: The Shabbat?

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

6. What confrontation do Satrapi and her classmates have with their teachers?

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

8. Describe Satrapi’s departure from Iran.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does it mean for Marjane Satrapi to be a prophet, and how does she go about becoming a prophet throughout Persepolis? How does her idea about being a prophet change throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

How would you rewrite Persepolis, if you were to adapt it and make it your own. What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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