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Introduction - Chapter 2

1. When does Satrapi’s account of Iranian history begin?

a. 2,000 B.C.

b. 800 A.D.

c. 1,200 A.D.

d. 1980.

2. Where did Iran get its name?

a. From indigenous Aryans.

b. From local legend.

c. From Indo-European invaders.

d. From Greek historians.

3. Who created the first Iranian nation?

a. The Aryans.

b. The Medes.

c. The Persians.

d. The Greeks.

4. What was Iran’s name from the sixth century B.C. till 1935?

a. Iran.

b. Aryana.

c. Syria.

d. Persia.

5. What did Iran’s geographical position dispose it toward?

a. Wealth.

b. Invasion.

c. Isolation.

d. Agriculture.

6. When was Iran modernized?

a. 20th century.

b. 19th century.

c. 18th century.

d. 16th century.

7. What resource changed Iran’s economy?

a. Spices.

b. Dyes.

c. Oil.

d. Mineral deposits.

8. Who immediately succeeded Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as the leader of Iran?

a. Alexander the Great

b. Reza Shah.

c. Mossadeq.

d. Shell Oil.

9. When did Western influence in Iran end?

a. 1885.

b. 1953.

c. 1979.

d. 1989.

10. Why does Satrapi say that writing Persepolis was important to her?

a. Because she wants to explain why Iran is the way it is.

b. Because Iran has gotten a bad name from its extremist leaders.

c. Because Iran is no longer the country she knew it was when she was a child.

d. Because she wants to tell the stories of those who died for her country.

11. What advice does Satrapi give at the end of her introduction?

a. Forgive but never forget.

b. Never forgive atrocities.

c. Forget any wrongs if righting them might kill you.

d. Never forget your people

12. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?

a. At birth.

b. At age 6.

c. At age 10.

d. At age 14.

13. What had just happened the year before Satrapi’s story begins?

a. The death of her grandmother.

b. The exile of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

c. Her birth.

d. The Islamic Revolution.

14. What changed for Marjane Satrapi in the year when her story begins?

a. Her family left Iran.

b. She had to wear a veil at school.

c. She started in a new school.

d. Her father lost his job.

15. What closed in Iran in 1980?

a. Bilingual schools.

b. Iranian borders.

c. Universities.

d. Iran’s museums.

16. Why did Satrapi’s mother dye her hair?

a. Because she had been caught stealing from her job.

b. Because she had been photographed at a protest against the government.

c. Because she had been mistaken for a Westerner.

d. Because she wanted to look younger.

17. What did Satrapi say she wanted to be, when she grew up?

a. A prophet.

b. An astronaut.

c. A mother.

d. A grandmother.

18. Who does Marjane Satrapi say God looks like?

a. Descartes.

b. Her grandfather.

c. Marx.

d. The Shah.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 3-4

19. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?

a. The westernization of Iran.

b. Layoffs at the university.

c. Pay cuts for civil servants.

d. Government attacks on freedom.

20. What does Satrapi want to play with her parents in Chapter 3?

a. Chess.

b. Monopoly.

c. Cards.

d. Music.

21. What are Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the King?

a. She says he is an impostor.

b. She says she likes him because he looks kind.

c. She says he was chosen by God.

d. She says she wants to exile him.

22. Who is the source of Marjane Satrapi’s sentiments about the king?

a. Her teacher.

b. Her parents.

c. Her friends.

d. The television.

23. Marjane Satrapi’s father tells her the story of Iran. What did the king’s father, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, organize 50 years ago?

a. Reforms.

b. An assassination.

c. A putsch.

d. An election.

24. What was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s goal?

a. An Islamist state.

b. An open market.

c. Religious freedom.

d. Republican reforms.

25. How does Satrapi’s father characterize Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?

a. As a humble reformer.

b. As a popular leader.

c. As a tool of the English.

d. As a foreign provocateur.

26. What did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi have to give up, in order to lead Iran?

a. Borderlands.

b. Iranian oil.

c. Nothing.

d. Control of the parliament.

27. What is Marjane Satrapi’s relation to the deposed king?

a. He was her great-grandfather.

b. He was her grandfather.

c. He was her great-uncle.

d. He was her uncle.

28. What was Satrapi’s grandfather’s role in the Iranian government?

a. He was king.

b. He was prime minister.

c. He was a political prisoner.

d. He was a local leader.

29. In what way does Marjane Satrapi emulate her grandfather?

a. She reads the same books that inspired him.

b. She stays in the bath till her skin is as wrinkled as his.

c. She goes among the people to hear what they think.

d. She eats the same diet he was given in prison.

30. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say she survived in her poverty?

a. She left the country.

b. She married a rich man.

c. She took in sewing.

d. She got a job in a factory.

31. How does Satrapi’s grandmother say the Shah’s father spent the country’s money?

a. On educational reforms.

b. On military research.

c. On a lavish lifestyle.

d. On useless celebrations.

32. Why was Satrapi’s father nearly arrested?

a. For protesting.

b. For taking photographs.

c. For speeding.

d. For listening to Western music.

33. Where had Satrapi’s father spent the day, when he returns at night?

a. At the army’s headquarters.

b. In prison.

c. At the hospital.

d. In the streets.

34. Why is it ironic that the widow joined the protest that gathered around her husband’s body?

a. Because her husband died of cancer.

b. Because her husband had supported the king.

c. Because she was not even Iranian.

d. Because he had been in the army himself.

35. When does Satrapi realize that she doesn’t understand anything?

a. When her parents describe the political situation in Iran.

b. When her parents try to get her to live on a budget.

c. When her grandmother tells her stories about her own childhood.

d. When her parents laugh about a story about death and cancer.

36. What Marjane Satrapi’s solution to not knowing anything?

a. She goes back to playing with her friends.

b. She tries not to think about it, but she has bad dreams.

c. She reads everything she can.

d. She asks her friends to explain things to her.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 5-6

37. To whom does Marjane Satrapi compare her favorite writer, Ashraf Darvishian?

a. Walt Whitman.

b. Herman Melville.

c. Jane Austen.

d. Charles Dickens.

38. Where is Ashraf Darvishian from?

a. He is a Turk.

b. He is Kurdish.

c. He is an Afghan.

d. He is an American.

39. What does Marjane Satrapi understand as a result of her reading?

a. Why her parents had protested to preserve the old aristocracy.

b. Why her parents had wanted to flee the country.

c. Why she was ashamed to ride in her father’s Cadillac.

d. Why she wanted to be a prophet.

40. How old was Satrapi’s maid when she came to live with the family?

a. Four.

b. Eight.

c. Twelve.

d. Eighteen.

41. How much older than Satrapi is Mehri, the maid?

a. Three years.

b. Ten years.

c. Twelve years.

d. Eighteen years.

42. What service did Satrapi perform for Mehri?

a. She read and wrote her letters.

b. She cleaned up after her in her room.

c. She took care of her pet birds.

d. She taught her how to read and write.

43. What is Satrapi’s father’s reaction when he hears about Mehri’s romance with the neighbor boy?

a. He encourages it.

b. He ends it.

c. He forbids it.

d. He fires the maid.

44. What is Satrapi’s reaction to her father’s reaction to the romance between Mehri and the neighbor boy?

a. She sulks in her room, and distances herself from Mehri.

b. She takes up Mehri’s cause, and writes adoring letters to keep the affair going.

c. She complains to her mother, and tries to get him to allow it.

d. She protests in the streets in hopes of restructuring social classes.

45. Why is Satrapi’s mother upset with her and Mehri?

a. For lying to her.

b. For not telling her where they were going.

c. For stealing from her.

d. For putting themselves in danger.

46. What began to happen regularly after Black Friday?

a. Protests.

b. Massacres.

c. Elections.

d. Coups.

47. What did the king test out in the months after Black Friday?

a. Prime Ministers.

b. Crowns.

c. Foreign policies.

d. Generals.

48. What cause did the people finally get to celebrate?

a. Democratic reforms.

b. The king’s departure.

c. Victory in the war with Iraq.

d. Increased liberties.

49. What does Satrapi get in trouble for, after the schools reopen?

a. Still wearing her veil.

b. Remembering that the teacher said that the king was chosen by God.

c. Forcing other students to remove their veils against their will.

d. Not showing up.

50. What do Marjane Satrapi’s neighbors demonstrate after the celebration?

a. Courage.

b. Shallowness.

c. Pettiness.

d. Patriotic virtue.

51. What does Marjane Satrapi want to hurt her classmate Ramin for?

a. His personal insults toward her.

b. His father’s actions under the Shah.

c. His Jewishness.

d. His family being rich while others suffered.

52. What does Satrapi’s mother threaten to do to her, if she beats up Ramin?

a. Cast her out of the family.

b. Send her to prison.

c. Nail her ears to the wall.

d. Make her clean the house.

53. What is Ramin’s response when Marjane tries to forgive him?

a. He is indignant and self-righteous.

b. He is ashamed and conciliatory.

c. He is confused and uncomfortable.

d. He is indifferent and irreverent.

54. What prediction does Satrapi’s mother make about Ramin?

a. That he will be tortured in his own way.

b. That he will repent one day.

c. That he will never learn.

d. That he will have to be punished before he learns.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 7-8

55. How many political prisoners were released at the beginning of Chapter 7: The Heroes?

a. 150

b. 500

c. 3,000

d. 15,000

56. What was Siamak’s crime?

a. Protesting the government.

b. Witnessing police brutality.

c. Writing subversive articles.

d. Marrying an American.

57. What was Mohsen’s crime?

a. Owning a banned book.

b. Advocating capitalism.

c. Petty theft.

d. Revolutionary activity.

58. What does Marjane get in trouble for telling her friend about her father, who is in prison?

a. That he has probably been eaten.

b. That he is probably dead.

c. That he will never come home.

d. That he is probably in America.

59. What was Mohsen called in prison?

a. The man with seven lives.

b. The man who will not talk.

c. The man with eyes in the back of his head.

d. The man who endures everything.

60. Where does Mohsen say his torturers got training in torture?

a. Prison camps.

b. The CIA.

c. The KGB.

d. The Nazis.

61. What household item does Mohsen say was used for torturing his friend Ahmadi?

a. A stove.

b. A sponge.

c. Knives.

d. An iron.

62. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?

a. That they should be exiled.

b. That they should be sent to work camps.

c. That they should repent.

d. That they should be killed.

63. What assurance does Satrapi’s mother give her after she is upset about torturers?

a. That forgiveness is the best thing people can do.

b. That there is justice on earth.

c. That they will suffer in turn.

d. That there is wisdom in accepting that torture happens.

64. What does Satrapi say she gave up after talking about torture with her mother?

a. Thoughts of revenge.

b. Childish thinking.

c. Dialectical materialism.

d. Agnosticism.

65. Where is the one place Satrapi says she felt safe?

a. With her mother.

b. In school.

c. With her grandmother.

d. In the arms of God.

66. What does Satrapi find herself wishing had happened to her father?

a. That he had moved the family to America.

b. That he had been imprisoned.

c. That he had killed torturers.

d. That he had led the country to freedom.

67. How do Satrapi’s friends react to her made-up stories about her parents?

a. They say ‘you’re full or boloney.’

b. They say ‘too much.’

c. They say ‘you must be so proud of him.’

d. They say ‘you poor thing.’

68. Why does Satrapi love Anoosh right away?

a. Because he helped to bring about regime change.

b. Because he has lived abroad all his life.

c. Because he suffered under the previous regime.

d. Because he has studied dialectical materialism.

69. Where was Anoosh involved in politics?

a. Isfahan.

b. Teheran.

c. Savah.

d. Azerbaijan.

70. How does Satrapi make Anoosh’s story make sense?

a. She focuses only on the things he was given to eat.

b. She compares his trials to her friend’s father’s trials.

c. She tells herself it is just like books she has read.

d. She forbids anyone to suffer like he did, when she is in charge.

71. When was Fereydoon’s son conceived?

a. On the day Fereydoon proclaimed independence.

b. On the night before his execution.

c. On the day the Iranian police arrested Fereydoon.

d. On the morning of his escape.

72. Where did Anoosh say he suffered most?

a. In his exile.

b. In his freedom.

c. In his marriage.

d. In prison.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 9-10

73. What problem does Anoosh say will complicate the Marxist program in Iran?

a. Western economic interests

b. Islamic fundamentalism.

c. Illiteracy.

d. Russian military interests.

74. Whose thinking informs Anoosh’s thought in Chapter 9?

a. Darwin.

b. Lenin.

c. Nietzsche.

d. Freud.

75. What statistic does Marjane offer to Anoosh’s political discussion?

a. That the war has already killed 4% of the Iranian population.

b. That 78% of oil profits are taken out of Iran by the West.

c. That women are 95% less likely to know how to read.

d. That 99.99% of Iranians voted for the Islamic Republic.

76. Why is Satrapi’s friend leaving Iran?

a. His parents have been hired by the U.S. government.

b. His parents got a visa to study in the U.S.

c. His parents think it is too dangerous.

d. His parents have found a bride for him in L.A.

77. How do Satrapi’s parents justify remaining in Iran?

a. They do not want to take lowly work abroad.

b. They cannot afford to make the trip.

c. They know that they will be prevented from leaving.

d. They think that they can still make a difference in Iran.

78. How does Satrapi’s father explain the persecution of individuals in Iran?

a. As a necessary purge.

b. As an important culling.

c. As a purification.

d. As a transitional stage.

79. How is Mohsen killed?

a. He is shot.

b. He is hung.

c. He is drowned.

d. He is beaten.

80. How do the Guardians of the Revolution intimidate Siamak?

a. They leave a dead dog on his doorstep.

b. They kill his sister.

c. They have him fired from his job.

d. They beat him.

81. How did Siamak ultimately flee Iran?

a. In a flock of sheep.

b. In a cargo ship.

c. In a passenger jet.

d. In a truck.

82. Where does Satrapi’s mother tell Marjane Anoosh has gone?

a. To prison.

b. To visit his mother in another city.

c. To Russia.

d. To America.

83. What prediction does Anoosh make to Satrapi?

a. That one day there will be justice for murderers.

b. That one day the proletariat will rule.

c. That one day she will write important books.

d. That one day the regime will fall to reformers.

84. What is the swan made of, that Anoosh gives Marjane?

a. A pebble.

b. Paper.

c. An old knife.

d. Bread.

85. What do the Guardians of the Revolution threaten Satrapi’s mother with?

a. Arrest.

b. Rape.

c. Beating.

d. Fines.

86. What is Satrapi’s mother pressured to do?

a. Have sex with the Guardians of the Revolution.

b. Wear a veil.

c. Leave the country.

d. Pay bribes to the Guardians of the Revolution.

87. What did Satrapi say Islam is against?

a. Reading.

b. Driving.

c. Shaving.

d. Marriage.

88. What do Satrapi and her family condemn in their neighbors?

a. Drinking.

b. Western habits.

c. Hypocrisy.

d. Islamic Fundamentalism.

89. How do Satrapi and her family oppose the Islamic Revolution?

a. They write letters to the newspaper.

b. They protest for reform.

c. They support opposition figures with money.

d. They go to forbidden events.

90. What state is Iran in when Satrapi and her family return from vacation?

a. War with the U.S.

b. War with Iraq.

c. War with England.

d. Civil war.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 11-12

91. Where is Satrapi when the Iraq jets bomb Tehran?

a. Her house.

b. The park with her father.

c. Her father’s office.

d. At school.

92. What does the attack in Chapter 11 make Satrapi want to do?

a. Go to Europe.

b. Fight the Iraqis.

c. Write a book.

d. Beat up the military leaders.

93. What complaint does Satrapi’s father make about Iraqis in Chapter 11?

a. They will destroy Iranian cultural icons.

b. They drive like maniacs.

c. They will enslave Iranians.

d. They will be worse than the Islamic Revolution.

94. Where do Satrapi and her father find Satrapi’s mother after the bombing?

a. In the shower.

b. In a store.

c. In the library.

d. In a park.

95. Why will retributive bombing be difficult for Iran?

a. The air force was dismantled by international law.

b. The fighter pilots have been imprisoned.

c. The fighter pilots were killed in the revolution.

d. The air force had largely defected.

96. What does Satrapi think about her father when he expresses doubts about the Iranian military?

a. That he is wise to be realistic.

b. That he is a fool not to feel indignant.

c. That he is not a patriot.

d. That he is not strong in the family, either.

97. What rare music does Satrapi hear on the TV after the Iraqi bombing?

a. The Iranian national anthem.

b. Western rock and roll.

c. Traditional Iranian folk music.

d. Western advertising jingles.

98. Where do the Satrapis get their news?

a. From the BBC.

b. From the Iranian news.

c. From the newspapers.

d. From their neighbors.

99. On what condition had the fighter pilots agreed to attack Iraq?

a. That the pilots’ families be paid if they were killed.

b. That additional political prisoners be released.

c. That the government play the national anthem.

d. That the government stop cracking down on protestors.

100. What percentage of the Iranian pilots did not return from the attack on Iraq?

a. 10%

b. 25%

c. 50%

d. 75%

101. What happened to Pardisse’s father during the attack on Iraq?

a. He was taken prisoner.

b. He was freed.

c. He was killed.

d. He was injured.

102. How long did it take before Marjane Satrapi found out what happened to Pardisse’s father?

a. Two weeks.

b. A week.

c. A day.

d. A few hours.

103. How did Satrapi describe the war in her report for school?

a. As a personal event.

b. As something that affected all of humanity.

c. As a historical event.

d. As a regional catastrophe.

104. What does Satrapi compare the war to?

a. The Soviet war in Afghanistan.

b. A war from 1400 years ago.

c. The American war in Vietnam.

d. Her dog having died when she was small.

105. How does Satrapi describe her teacher’s response to her report?

a. She says that she praised her volubly.

b. She says that she called her parents to complain.

c. She says that she was not impressed.

d. She says that the teacher reprimanded her in front of the class.

106. How did Pardisse write her report?

a. As a promise to the nation.

b. As a curse on Iraqis.

c. As a letter to her father.

d. As a history of Persian wars.

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

a. That she should be proud.

b. That her father is someplace better.

c. That her father is a hero.

d. That she is lucky to have a martyr in the family.

108. What does Pardisse tell Satrapi in response?

a. That she wishes that her father had been killed.

b. That she wishes she could have died in his place.

c. That she wishes her father were still alive.

d. That she can think of other people who should have died.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 13-14

109. What advantage does Satrapi say Iran had in its war with Iraq?

a. Military technology.

b. Numbers of soldiers.

c. International support.

d. Financial strength.

110. What has started to show up in the streets, now that the war is going on?

a. Graves.

b. Nuptial chambers.

c. Car bombs.

d. Street people.

111. What advice does Satrapi’s mother give her?

a. Protest till her conscience is satisfied.

b. Protest until the government changes.

c. Let the wave of war pass over her.

d. Flee from hostilities that will not end.

112. What are Satrapi and her friends asked to do in school?

a. Tear their hair.

b. Beat their breasts.

c. Utter ritualistic cries.

d. Lament for the dead.

113. What other rituals does Satrapi describe?

a. Suicides.

b. Ritual murders.

c. Flagellations.

d. Sacrificial offerings.

114. How does Satrapi say the rituals were viewed?

a. As nationalistic.

b. As silly.

c. As macho.

d. As ancient and honorable.

115. How did Satrapi’s feelings about the rituals change over time?

a. She ceased to take them seriously.

b. She saw the transcendent meaning in them.

c. She began to abstain in protest.

d. She ended up being the only one who took them seriously.

116. What work did Satrapi and her friends do for the war effort?

a. Collected food for refugees.

b. Volunteered at hospitals.

c. Delivered aid to families.

d. Knit winter hoods for the troops.

117. Why is Satrapi’s class suspended?

a. They beat up one of the liberal students.

b. They did not study for a big test on Islamic law.

c. They mock the anniversary of the revolution.

d. They were playing games based on western sports.

118. What did the teachers tell the parents who came about the suspension?

a. They could bring up their concerns at the next meeting.

b. That the students had to obey or be expelled.

c. That they could run for school board themselves, if they wanted a change.

d. That any further dissent would result in arrest.

119. What does Satrapi’s father tell the teacher?

a. To cover her face.

b. To go easy on the kids.

c. To be ashamed.

d. To shave her mustache.

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

a. A delicate bracelet.

b. A beautiful hat.

c. A punk necklace.

d. A new sweater.

121. Where do Satrapi and her family go during bombing raids?

a. A bomb shelter.

b. A neighboring town.

c. The basement.

d. To her grandmother’s house.

122. Why was the punishment Satrapi’s neighbor paid for having Western music in his house?

a. 75 lashes.

b. 3 months in prison.

c. $500.

d. Loss of his house.

123. Why does Satrapi’s mother put up dark curtains?

a. To hide their refugees from the Guardians of the Revolution.

b. To hide their card games from the neighbors.

c. To hide their wine distilling equipment.

d. To make the house look more holy and respectful.

124. What role does Satrapi’s mother play when the family is stopped by Guardians of the Revolution?

a. She antagonizes the soldier.

b. She appeases the soldier.

c. She mollifies the soldier.

d. She tempts the soldier.

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

a. Their drugs.

b. Their alcohol.

c. Their music.

d. Their Western clothes.

126. How did Satrapi’s father get rid of the Guardians of the Revolution?

a. He threatened them.

b. He let them search the house.

c. He bribed them.

d. He appealed to the nationalism.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 15-16

127. How does Satrapi convey her newfound maturity in Chapter 15?

a. She has had her first boyfriend.

b. She has been to her first protests.

c. She had begun to smoke, now.

d. She has friends older than herself, now.

128. Where do Satrapi’s friends take her during school?

a. A Western hotel.

b. A black market.

c. A restaurant called Kansas.

d. A dance club.

129. How do Satrapi and her friends leave the school?

a. Climb the wall.

b. Hide in a delivery truck.

c. Walk out the front gate.

d. Slip through a hole in the fence.

130. Who does Satrapi find hanging out at the place her friends take her to?

a. Guardians of the Revolution.

b. Old women.

c. Teenagers.

d. No one.

131. Why does Satrapi say the government has not already closed the place her friends take her to?

a. They tolerated it.

b. They did not know about it.

c. They ran it themselves.

d. The owners paid them protection money.

132. How did Satrapi’s mother find out that she cut class?

a. The school called.

b. Satrapi herself.

c. A friend’s mother called.

d. One of Satrapi’s friends betrayed her.

133. When did Satrapi’s mother meet her husband?

a. At fourteen.

b. At twelve.

c. At eighteen.

d. At twenty.

134. What happened when Iraq and Saudi Arabia offered a peace agreement?

a. Iran made a counter-proposal that gave them territory.

b. Iran refused the peace agreement.

c. Iraq made a sneak attack while Iran’s defenses were down.

d. Iran accepted, and the war ended.

135. What is it that injects blood into the veins of society?

a. Warfare.

b. Military victory.

c. Learning and art.

d. A martyr’s death.

136. What does Satrapi say depended on the war?

a. The protests against the Iranian regime.

b. The stability of the Iranian regime.

c. The Iranian economy.

d. The Iraqi economic recovery.

137. How does Satrapi say the regime changed throughout the war?

a. They became more repressive.

b. They became more tolerant.

c. They became less solvent.

d. They became less competent.

138. What does Satrapi say is her form of rebellion against the regime?

a. Smoking cigarettes.

b. Writing articles.

c. Shopping in black markets.

d. Organizing her friends.

139. When does Satrapi say she kissed her childhood goodbye?

a. With her first protest.

b. With her first boyfriend.

c. With her first cigarette.

d. With her first experience of street violence.

140. What did Satrapi say made it hard to look at her uncle Taher?

a. His scars from torture.

b. His injuries.

c. His sadness.

d. His anger.

141. Where does Satrapi’s father imply that Marjane gets her stubbornness from?

a. From him.

b. From her mother.

c. From her grandmother.

d. From her school.

142. Who is in charge of issuing Satrapi’s uncle Taher a pass to get medical care abroad?

a. The chief surgeon.

b. The Guardians of the Revolution.

c. A window washer.

d. A friend of Satrapi’s father.

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

a. He was arrested.

b. He was killed.

c. He was a crook.

d. He fled the country.

144. What is Khosro’s final wish?

a. To heal his heart.

b. To see his son in Sweden.

c. To see his grandchildren.

d. To go back to his childhood home.

e.

Multiple Choice — Chapters 17-18

145. What happened a year after Satrapi’s uncle Taher died?

a. The war with Iraq ended.

b. Iraq launched another war against Iran.

c. The borders reopened.

d. Satrapi graduated from her school.

146. To what state does Satrapi’s father’s passport forbid travel?

a. Palestine.

b. America.

c. Russia.

d. Italy.

147. How does Satrapi say her mother looks in her passport photo?

a. Disenchanted.

b. Beautiful.

c. Unrecognizable.

d. Passionate.

148. Where do Satrapi’s parents travel?

a. America.

b. Spain.

c. Turkey.

d. England.

149. What do Satrapi’s parents bring back from their travels?

a. French cigarettes.

b. English books.

c. A denim jacket.

d. American magazines.

150. Why does Satrapi’s mother accuse her husband of being a hypocrite?

a. For having said he knew who Kim Wilde was.

b. For having claimed to like Iron Maiden.

c. For having wanted to travel without Marjane.

d. For having said he wanted to stay in the West.

151. How do Satrapi’s parents bring back rock and roll posters?

a. They rolled them into their suitcases.

b. They cut them into small pieces.

c. They sewed them into stuffed animals.

d. They sew them into their jacket linings.

152. What American musician did Satrapi’s parents bring back a pin of?

a. Elvis Presley.

a. Johnny Cash.

b. Michael Jackson.

c. Howling Wolf.

153. How does Satrapi characterize her mother, in relation to other Iranian mothers?

a. A total pushover.

b. Very permissive.

c. Exceedingly strict.

d. Very compassionate.

154. What does Satrapi visit at Gandhi Avenue?

a. The music store.

b. The black market.

c. A Western restaurant.

d. Her friend’s house.

155. Who stops Satrapi on the street?

a. Her mother.

b. Her friend’s mother.

c. Her teacher.

d. The Guardians of the Revolution women’s division.

156. What does Iraq start to fire at Iranian cities?

a. Ballistic missiles.

b. Poison gas.

c. Biological weapons.

d. Heavy artillery.

157. What does Satrapi say Iranians are Olympic athletes in?

a. Exaggeration.

b. Gossip.

c. Fact-checking.

d. Science.

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

a. Thirty seconds.

b. Three minutes.

c. Six minutes.

d. Eight minutes.

159. Why does Satrapi say that her parents wanted to stay in Tehran?

a. All their family ties were to Tehran.

b. They were afraid of starting over somewhere else.

c. So she could get an education.

d. They owned a lot of property there.

160. What buildings were considered bombproof in Tehran?

a. Mosques.

b. Military armories.

c. Shanties.

d. Big hotels.

161. How does Satrapi learn that her friend has been killed?

a. She sees her carried away on a stretcher.

b. She sees her lying in a pool of blood.

c. She sees her bracelet in the rubble.

d. She hears it from her friend’s parents.

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

a. Concentric circles around her screaming face.

b. An all black panel.

c. Arrows piercing her heart.

d. A scene of falling.

Multiple Choice — Chapter 19

163. How does Satrapi characterize herself at age 14?

a. A bookworm.

b. A rebel.

c. An invisible kid.

d. A pleaser.

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

a. As a gift from her grandmother.

b. As a souvenir of Turkey.

c. As a gift from her mother.

d. As a souvenir of Spain.

165. Why does Satrapi’s teacher ask her about her bracelet?

a. Because Satrapi had reported it stolen.

b. Because she envied it.

c. Because jewelry is forbidden.

d. Because Satrapi had been flaunting it.

166. What lesson does Satrapi say she learned about confrontation?

a. Give ground and ask for respect.

b. Shout louder than your aggressor.

c. Deny everything.

d. Avoid getting into a confrontation in the first place.

167. What happens when Satrapi tangles with her teacher over her bracelet?

a. The teacher hit her and she knocked her over trying to get away.

b. She hits her teacher and knocks her down.

c. Someone else intervened and knocked her teacher over.

d. She falls trying to get away from her teacher, and gets a black eye.

168. What is the result of the confrontation involving Satrapi and her teacher over Satrapi’s bracelet?

a. Satrapi is arrested.

b. Satrapi has to work for six weeks to atone.

c. Satrapi is expelled.

d. Satrapi’s parents have to pay the school to keep her.

169. Who intervened to help Satrapi and her family after the bracelet incident?

a. Officials high up in the Iranian government.

b. Her father’s friends.

c. Her Uncle Anoosh.

d. An aunt.

170. Why does Satrapi have a hard time in school?

a. She cannot restrain herself from acting out to get attention.

b. She cannot do the work, so she undermines the teachers.

c. She cannot accept the Islamic ideology when it is contra-factual.

d. She cannot focus, and serves as a big distraction to the class.

171. What does Satrapi accuse her teacher of?

a. Drinking.

b. Plagiarizing.

c. Lying.

d. Abusing the students.

172. How does Satrapi’s father react to the trouble she gets into at school?

a. He is ashamed of her.

b. He is afraid for her.

c. He is grateful to her.

d. He is proud of her.

173. How does Satrapi’s mother react to the trouble she gets into at school?

a. She warns her about how Islamic men rape women.

b. She threatens to punish her.

c. She threatens to keep her home from school.

d. She threatens to marry her off to a Islamic man.

174. How much does the family receive for the dowry of the murdered girl Satrapi’s mother tells her about?

a. $5.

b. $50.

c. $500

d. $5,000.

175. Where does the idea of sending Satrapi abroad originate?

a. Her mother.

b. Her grandmother.

c. Her father.

d. Her principal.

176. Where do Satrapi’s parents send her?

a. Holland.

b. Austria.

c. America.

d. France.

177. Why do they choose that country?

a. Because she lived there as a child.

b. Because her father’s brother lives there.

c. Because she could get a visa.

d. Because she has always liked Austrian culture.

178. What advice does Satrapi’s grandmother give her?

a. To keep her dignity.

b. Not to let herself be bullied.

c. To pick her battles.

d. To speak her mind no matter what.

179. What promise does Satrapi make to her reflection in the mirror?

a. To always be Iranian.

b. To be true to herself.

c. Not to let herself be sent away.

d. To get her parents out as well.

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

a. Her parents being arrested.

b. Her father carrying her mother.

c. Her grandmother fainting.

d. Her father being harassed by Guardians of the Revolution.

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