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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Mujahedeen?
(a) The members of a radical student organization at the University of Tehran.
(b) The leaders of the University of Tehran.
(c) A group called the Party of Allah.
(d) A radical religious organization that claims to be the spiritual and political heir of the deceased Ayatollah Taleghani.

2. Where are Nafisi's children when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Washington.
(b) Jail.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Tehran.

3. Chapter 12 takes place during which season?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

4. Why are Nafisi's students like ghosts when they are walking through the streets of Tehran?
(a) They have learned to walk with a gliding motion, barely touching the ground.
(b) Their black clothes hide them when they are walking at night.
(c) They hope to be invisible to the militia and arrive at their destination without confrontation.
(d) Because they wear a veil, their skin is very white like a ghost.

5. Nassrin describes herself as being in the middle of what for her whole life?
(a) In the middle of safety and danger.
(b) In the middle of insubordination and obedience.
(c) In the middle of fiction and reality.
(d) In the middle of tradition and change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main point of Chapter 12?

2. Why do the intruders want access to Nafisi's house?

3. What would happen if the "Blood of God" militia saw a girl with nail polish or a strand of loose hair?

4. Why is Nafisi nervous about the intruders being in her house?

5. What is Hizbollah?

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