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

2. What do Marjane and her grandmother dispose of when they arrive at the house with the Guardians of the Revolution?

3. Where do Satrapi’s parents send her?

4. What does Satrapi see when she looks for her parents over her shoulder?

5. What does Satrapi tell Pardisse after they give their reports?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What trouble does Satrapi get into at school?

6. What is the routine Satrapi and her family follow once the bombings start?

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

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

9. Describe Satrapi’s departure from Iran.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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