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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage does Satrapi say Iran had in its war with Iraq?
(a) Military technology
(b) The number of soldiers
(c) Financial strength
(d) International support

2. Why does Satrapi say that her parents wanted to stay in Tehran?
(a) They are afraid of starting over somewhere else
(b) All their ties in life are to Tehran
(c) They own too much property to let it go
(d) So she can receive an education

3. How does Satrapi’s mother react to the trouble she gets into at school?
(a) She threatens to marry her off to an Islamic man
(b) She threatens to keep her home from school
(c) She warns her about how Islamic men rape women
(d) She threatens to punish her

4. How long did Satrapi and her family have, once the alarms went off, before the missiles would strike?
(a) 15 seconds
(b) 3 minutes
(c) 30 seconds
(d) 6 minutes

5. What buildings were considered bombproof in Tehran?
(a) Military armories
(b) Shanties
(c) Mosques
(d) Big hotels

6. Why does Satrapi’s mother accuse her husband of being a hypocrite?
(a) For wanting to stay in the West
(b) For wanting to travel without her
(c) For saying he knew who Kim Wilde was
(d) For claiming to like Iron Maiden

7. How did Pardisse write her report?
(a) As a letter to her father
(b) As a history of the Persian Wars
(c) As a curse on Iraqis
(d) As a promise to the nation

8. Where is Satrapi when the Iraq jets bomb Tehran?
(a) Her father's office
(b) Her house
(c) The park
(d) At school

9. What did Satrapi say made it hard to look at her uncle Taher?
(a) Scars from torture
(b) Injuries
(c) Anger
(d) Sadness

10. How does Satrapi describe her teacher’s response to her report?
(a) She praises Satrapi
(b) She is angered
(c) She reprimands Satrapi
(d) She is not impressed

11. What is the result of the confrontation involving Satrapi and her teacher over Satrapi’s bracelet?
(a) She has to work for six weeks to atone
(b) She has to be expelled
(c) She has her parents pay the schools to keep her
(d) She has to be arrested

12. How much does the family receive for the dowry of the murdered girl Satrapi’s mother tells her about?
(a) $500
(b) $50
(c) $5
(d) $5,000

13. What happens when Satrapi tangles with her teacher over her bracelet?
(a) She falls trying to get away from her teacher
(b) The teacher attacks her
(c) She attacks her teacher
(d) Someone else intervenes against her teacher

14. Why does Satrapi have a hard time in school?
(a) She cannot restrain herself from acting out to get attention
(b) She cannot accept the Islamic ideology when it is contra-factual
(c) She cannot focus, and serves as a big distraction to the class
(d) She cannot do the work, so she undermines the teachers

15. Where do Satrapi’s parents send her?
(a) Austria
(b) America
(c) Holland
(d) France

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Pardisse tell Satrapi in response?

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

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