Background Info
Characters
Plot
Plot II
Miscellaneous
100
These two countries are at war in the novel.
What are Iran and Iraq
100
This character is 10 years old when the book starts.
Who is Marji
100
The item Marji was forced to wear in 1980.
What is the veil
100
Young boys received this before going off to war. It supposedly got them into heaven.
What is a golden key?
100
Why were Marjane's parents worried for her actions?
What is Marjane was strong willed and rambunctious and had capability to break the rules made for women
200
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?
200
This could be used as a description for Marji
What is: she relies on her parents, but is constantly presenting her own ideas and thoughts (etc)?
200
Marjane performed this act of defiance after her mother scolded her when she skipped school.
What is smoking a cigarette?
200
This change occurred between boys and girls in school when the revolution started
What is they were separated
200
Why did revolutionists have parties?
What is because without it, life would be unbearable
300
This is the language Persepolis was originally published in.
What is French?
300
This person was stopped by the police for drinking and driving. He likes Iron Maiden.
Who is Marji's dad?
300
Why was Mehri "Marjane's maid" and the neighbor's son relationship impossible?
What is Because they weren't in the same social class.
300
This happened to Marji's neighbor's house while she was out buying jeans.
What is it was bombed?
300
This is the city where the book takes place
What is Tehran
400
These are the names of the shah and the new ruler
Who are Reza Pahlavi (Shah), and Khomeini (new guy)?
400
This character was in prison for 9 years.
Who is uncle Anoosh?
400
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?
400
what did her uncle make her while he was in prison?
What is a bird made of bread
400
The new leader and his government represent a branch of Islam called _________ which believes in strict observance of the Quran and intolerance of Western ideas.
What is fundamentalism? (Fundamentalism vs. modernity)
500
These events were happening in America while the events of the novel were happening in Iran
What are the Voyager detecting Jupiter's rings, McDonald's introducing the Happy Meal, the YMCA song was big, Jimmy Carter was president, the government was testing nuclear bombs, the cold war is happening?
500
This woman comes to see Marji before she leaves the country.
Who is Marji's grandma?
500
Where was Marjane sent away to in 1983?
What is Vienna, Austria to study at a French high school
500
why did the universities close for two years during the revolution?
What is they didn't want to educate future "imperialists"
500
This was a difference in the way a modern woman and a fundamentalist woman dressed
What is modern women let a few hairs show, wore less traditional clothes. Fundamentalist women wore veils that covered their whole bodies.
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