1. Who is Mike Gold?
(a) The chair of the English Department at the University of Tehran.
(b) Nafisi's first husband and a leader in the Iranian Revolution.
(c) Nafisi's first literature student at the University of Tehran.
(d) The editor of a radical literary journal and the subject of Nafisi's dissertation.

2. How does Nafisi's acquaintance describe her students?
(a) As "fine people."
(b) As "pretty women."
(c) As "good students."
(d) As "nice girls."

3. Who are the Mujahedeen?
(a) The members of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.
(b) A radical religious organization that claims to be the spiritual and political heir of the deceased Ayatollah Taleghani.
(c) The leaders of the University of Tehran.
(d) A group called the Party of Allah.

4. In Part 2, Chapter 24, why do the demonstrators move toward the hospital?
(a) The demonstrators are seriously injured by the police and need medical treatment.
(b) The bodies of the wounded and dead students are supposedly at the hospital, and demonstrators are concerned the police will transfer the bodies.
(c) Because the hospital is a neutral site, and they will be safe there.
(d) The hospital is at the top of a hill, so they can see the militia approaching from any direction.

5. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?
(a) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.
(b) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.
(c) Because they wear a veil, their skin is very white like a ghost.
(d) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.