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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. How long did Satrapi and her family have, once the alarms went off, before the missiles would strike?

2. What does Satrapi think about her father when he expresses doubts about the Iranian military?

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

4. How does Satrapi represent her feelings when she finds out her friend has been killed?

5. How does Satrapi say her mother looks in her passport photo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What act of rebelliousness does Satrapi perform?

3. What difficulties does Satrapi and her family have in getting her uncle medical care?

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

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

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

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

8. What brings Mali and her children to Satrapi’s parents’ house?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of Persepolis—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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