Characters
Marjane stays with this woman, a friend of her mother, for only 11 days before being sent to a boarding house.
Who is Zozo?
Marji is sent to finish school in this city.
What is Vienna?
This flower's scent is always associated with Marjane's grandmother and represents moral integrity.
What is jasmine?
Marji’s education in Vienna begins at a boarding house run by this group.
Who are the nuns?
What is drawing nude models?
Marjane’s first roommate in Austria, whom she initially imagines will look like the storybook character "Heidi".
Who is Lucia?
Reza served in the war against this country.
What is Iraq?
This habit throughout the book is a recurring symbol of rebellion and her transition into adulthood.
What is smoking (a cigarette)?
For their final university project, Marjane and Reza collaborate on a design for this type of entertainment facility.
What is an amusement park (based on Persian mythology)?
Marjane’s father ensures this specific clause is written into her marriage contract to protect her future independence.
What is the right to divorce?
This landlord in Vienna is often mocked by Marjane and her mother for looking like a horse.
Who is Frau Doctor Heller?
DAILY DOUBLE: The war between Iraq and this place changed circumstances for Iran in the 1990s.
What is Kuwait?
The thing Marji changes most about her appearance in Vienna.
What is her hair?
To gain admission to the university in Tehran, Marji must pass an additional mandatory exam on this.
What is "The Ideological Test" (A test on Islam)?
Marji's grandmother scolds her for this immoral action.
What is turning in an innocent man to protect herself from the consequences of wearing lipstick?
Who is Kia?
Marji goes to spend Christmas with Lucia’s family in this place.
What is Tyrol (an Alpine region in Austria)?
Marji chooses to do this as an act of rebellion against the Morality Police, despite the risk of arrest.
What is wear lipstick?
This older French student is Marjane's first real friend in Vienna and introduces her to a group of anarchists.
Who is Julie?
The officials who question and arrest Marji and her friends many times throughout the Graphic Novel.
Who are the Guardians of the Revolution?
This woman, Julie’s mother, works for the UN and earns Marjane's respect because she is knowledgeable about Iranian culture.
Who is Armelle?
What is Vancouver?
These features of Marji (and Reza)'s dissertation project prevent it from ever being created for real.
Who are Persian mythological women warriors? (Specifically Gordafarid)
Where Marji and her family learn about their university admissions.
What is the newspaper?
Marji's friend who dies jumping from a roof to escape the police breaking up a party.