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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. Where do Satrapi’s friends take her during school?

2. What did Satrapi’s mother make for her when she went to her first party?

3. Why was the punishment Satrapi’s neighbor paid for having Western music in his house?

4. Why does Satrapi have a hard time in school?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What turn did Satrapi’s life take after Neda Baba-Levy’s death?

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

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

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

6. Describe Satrapi’s departure from Iran.

7. What trouble does Satrapi get into at school?

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

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

10. What ceremonies do Satrapi and other Iranians perform in response to the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Watch the film of Persepolis. Compare and contrast the film, which Satrapi herself consulted on, and the book. How are they similar? How are they different? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

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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