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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Satrapi’s mother meet her husband?
(a) At 14
(b) At 16
(c) At 20
(d) At 12

2. What is Khosro’s final wish?
(a) To see his son in Sweden
(b) To see his grandchildren
(c) To go back to his childhood home
(d) To heal his heart

3. On what condition had the fighter pilots agreed to attack Iraq?
(a) That the government play the national anthem
(b) That additional political prisoners be released
(c) That the government stop cracking down on protestors
(d) That the pilots' families be paid if they were killed

4. When does Satrapi realize that she doesn’t understand anything?
(a) When her parents describe trying to live on a budget
(b) When her parents laugh about a story about cancer and death
(c) When her grandmother tells her stories about her own childhood
(d) When her parents describe the political situation in Iran

5. What does Satrapi’s mother say about torturers?
(a) That they should be forgiven
(b) That they should be killed
(c) That they should be exiled
(d) They they should repent

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What were Marjane Satrapi’s parents protesting?

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