1. Why does Nafisi return to the two photographs of her students in Chapter 7?
(a) The photographs are evidence that literature is more powerful than clothing.
(b) The photographs show how much her students changed after they studied literature.
(c) She wants to show how her students are the same people regardless of how they dress.
(d) The images show the contrast between the repression of the outside world and the individuality and freedom allowed in the apartment.

2. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Jail.
(b) Washington.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Tehran.

3. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?
(a) The militia would not permit the girl to continue studying literature.
(b) The girl would be beheaded as an example of an evil woman.
(c) The girl would be escorted home, where her family would forbid her to go out of the house unescorted.
(d) The girl would be punished and humiliated for violating laws.

4. What does Nassrin's mother's teaching symbolize?
(a) A type of rebellion by an otherwise domesticated wife and mother.
(b) A way of revisiting her childhood in a foreign country.
(c) An act of conformity to the prevailing government.
(d) A method of learning to speak another language.

5. Nassrin describes herself as being in the middle of what for her whole life?
(a) In the middle of tradition and change.
(b) In the middle of fiction and reality.
(c) In the middle of insubordination and obedience.
(d) In the middle of safety and danger.