He was young Marjane's hero because he was the first family member she discovered who spent time in prison for his revolutionary activities in Azerbaijan.
Who is Uncle Anoosh?
100
Marjane's parents smuggled these back in from their vacation to Turkey.
What are musical posters (Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden)?
100
This country engaged in a long and arduous war with Iran causing a disruption in Marjane's family life.
What is Iraq?
100
This part of a comic contains illustrations, captions and dialogue to deliver the story of a comic. A comic book is made up of a collection of these.
What are panels?
100
a distinct segment of a comic
What is a panel
200
Uncle Taher suffered his third heart attack after this event.
What is a grenade was thrown at a neighbor's home.
200
Marjane and Mehri went to a demonstration on a especially brutal day. This day was __________.
What is it occured on Black Friday?
200
This group approached Marjane on the street and threatened to take her into custody for wearing materialistic, Westernized clothing, wearing a Michael Jackson pin and wearing her head scarf incorrectly.
Who are the Guardians of the Revolution?
200
This area is the space between panels.
What is the gutter?
200
allows centering of image by using natural resting place for vision
What is midground
300
These characters must dispose of the alcohol in the house when the family is followed home from a party by the Guardians of the Revolution.
Who are Marjane and her grandmother?
300
The impossibility of Mehri and the neighbor boy's relationship is a result of this theme (also one of Marx's social concepts).
What is class division? (Class Conflict)
300
Marjane was exposed to the brutal details of war when these men visited her home after their release from prison. (Two possible answers)
Who is Siamak Jari? or Who is Mohsen Shakiba?
300
Dialogue and thoughts are enclosed in these.
What are thought/speech bubbles? What are thought/speech balloons?
300
describes the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in a variety of ways
What is graphic weight?
400
This member of the Satrapi's household staff was distressed over her young son's recruitment into the army.
Who is Nasrine? or Who is the maid?
400
Who took over after the Shah was deposed?
Who is the Ayatollah Khomeini?
400
Marjane performed this act of defiance after her mother scolded her when she skipped school.
What is smoking a cigarette?
400
Method of drawing attention to text.
What is special effects lettering?
400
This type of image represents a group of people or an idea.
What is an icon?
500
On the night before Marji's learns she will be leaving Iran she thought of this young, Communist woman who was killed by the government. Marji decided that this woman was a true martyr.
Who is Niloufar?
500
These closed for two years immediately after the Islamic Revolution.
What are universities?
500
Marjane was expelled from two schools and was sent to live outside of Iran after these two offenses.
Refusing to turn over jewellry to one principal and arguing with a teacher about the Iranian government.
500
This is the term for when an image runs of the page eliminating the gutter.
What is Bleed?
500
In Persepolis, these two colors were used to show good versus bad.