1. Why is Nafisi worried about her students?
(a) Because the students are not interested in reading and discussing literature.
(b) She is concerned that they will be punished by their families for attending her class.
(c) Because her students show no signs of being individuals.
(d) She is worried that they cannot afford the flowers she expects them to bring.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Nafisi do to answer Yassi's question?
(a) Nafisi shows Yassi pictures of her childhood.
(b) Nafisi uses literature as a point of reference for her answer.
(c) Nafisi tells Yassi that she should not get married while she is young.
(d) Nafisi tells Yassi to ask her parents for assistance.

3. What are students at Nafisi's school regularly asked to do?
(a) Participate in a ritualistic stomping and burning the American flag while shouting "Death to America!"
(b) Attend funerals of martyrs for the Iranian Revolution.
(c) Bring in their friendship bracelets so that everyone has one to wear.
(d) Homework in the Persian language.

4. Who was Nafisi's father?
(a) The director of a high school in Switzerland.
(b) A troubled businessman.
(c) The youngest mayor of Tehran in pre-revolutionary Iran.
(d) A famous author.

5. Why does the male student have to meet with Nafisi separately?
(a) Nafisi believes that male and female students learn differently.
(b) A group with men and women would arouse suspicion from the Islamist authorities.
(c) The female students do not like having a male student in their class.
(d) His schedule does not permit him to meet with the female students.