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
Marji underwent a loss after she learned of the death of Uncle Anoosh.
What is faith? What is a relationship with God? (Theme: Loss of Faith)
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
Marjane's hands are on her face, her eyes are wide and her mouth is positioned as an upside down half circle.
How does Satrapi convey fear? Sadness? Surprise? Disappointment?
200
Uncle Taher suffered his third heart attack after this event.
What is a grenade was thrown at a neighbour's home.
200
Marjane's relationship with ________________ was her most important for her understanding of the world around her.
What is Marjane's relationship with her parents? (Parent-Children Relationships)
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
Uncle Taher's wife is shown with a furrowed brow, deep lines beneath her eyes and a short, sharp line represents her mouth.
How does Satrapi convey the emotion of exhaustion? worry? fear? concern?
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 neighbour 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
As Marji explains why her the Iranian government refused to accept peace with Iraq she held her hand in the air with one finger pointed towards the sky. Her eyes stared out of the panel, directly at the reader and her eyes were wide.
How does Satrapi convey the emotion of intelligence? serious concern? determined search for truth?
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
Ayatollah Khomeini 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)
400
Marjane performed this act of defiance after her mother scolded her when she skipped school.
What is smoking a cigarette?
400
Two facing pages in a printed book.
What is a spread?
400
As Marjane purchases Western music from a black market salesman a smuggler's head appears to have two faces with curved lines framing the faces. His eyes are narrowed, and his face is frowning.
How does Satrapi convey paranoia? Sneakiness? Secretiveness?
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
Marjane's development into a young adult is an example of this theme, from the German term for "Story about Growth"
What is Bildungsroman?
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
Uncle Anoosh is shown staring out of the panel calmly. His face is framed by a bright, sunny aura or halo.
How does Satrapi convey Marjane's feeling of affection towards Anoosh? deification of Anoosh? close bond with Anoosh?