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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the teachers tell the parents who came about the suspension?
(a) That they could bring up their concerns at the next meeting
(b) They any further dissent would result in arrest
(c) That they could run for school board themselves, if they wanted a change
(d) That the students had to obey or be expelled

2. Where had Satrapi’s father spent the day, when he returns at night?
(a) In prison
(b) At the hospital
(c) In the streets
(d) At the army's headquarters

3. How do Satrapi and her family oppose the Islamic Revolution?
(a) They support opposition figures
(b) They write letters to the newspapers
(c) They go to forbidden events
(d) They protest for reform

4. When does Satrapi’s account of her life begin?
(a) At birth
(b) At age 6
(c) At age 10
(d) At age 14

5. 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
(b) She complains to her mother
(c) She continues writing letters
(d) She protests it

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why will retributive bombing be difficult for Iran?

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

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

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