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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pardisse tell Satrapi in response?
(a) She wishes that her mother had died instead
(b) She wishes that no one would ever die
(c) She wishes her father was still alive
(d) She wishes that she could have died in his place

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

3. Where does Satrapi’s father imply that Marjane gets her stubbornness from?
(a) Her grandmother
(b) Her school
(c) Him
(d) Her mother

4. What American musician did Satrapi’s parents bring back a pin of?
(a) Johnny Cash
(b) Michael Jackson
(c) Elvis Presley
(d) Howling Wolf

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they choose that country?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Satrapi’s family try to overcome these obstacles to get Satrapi’s uncle medical care?

2. What turn did Satrapi’s life take after Neda Baba-Levy’s death?

3. How do conditions change as the war with Iraq drags on?

4. How is Satrapi’s life touched by the Iranian attack on Iraq?

5. What kind of atmosphere exists in the markets, as Chapter 12: The Jewels Opens?

6. Describe Satrapi’s departure from Iran.

7. What does Satrapi ask her parents to bring back for her from Turkey?

8. Why doesn’t the war end when Iraq makes a peace proposal?

9. How does Satrapi say the Iranian currency has changed during the war?

10. What is Satrapi’s mother’s reaction when the principal of the second school calls the house?

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