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

2. How does Satrapi characterize herself at age 14?

3. Where does Satrapi tell her teacher she got her bracelet?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What act of rebelliousness does Satrapi perform?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In what ways is Persepolis an American book? What part of the American experience does Persepolis resonate with? Using examples from the text, say whether or how Persepolis represents the American experience.

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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