The term referring to a movement where socio-political changes are pursued.
What is a cultural revolution?
What is foreshadowing?
“But in fact, it was really our own who attacked us.”
What did Marjane say after being slapped?
People from this group, like Marjane, know how to read and write.
What is an upper class?
A proclaimer of God’s will in Islam.
What is a prophet?
A title of the former monarch of Iran.
What is a Shah?
"The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don't turn, it falls."
What is a simile?
This person said, “Maybe, but my father is a hero!” to the main character.
What did Laly say to Marjane?
Mehri couldn’t continue with her relationship with her “fiancé” because she was of this.
What is a lower social class?
Ramin was “hunted” by Marji and her friends because his father was part of this.
What was the Savak?
Many were killed in neighborhoods with the rumor of Israeli soldiers being responsible for the slaughter.
What happened on Black Friday?
“After a long sleep of 2500 years, the revolution has finally awakened the people.”
What is a metaphor?
The ______ said this to the widow, “No problem, he’s a hero.”
What did the demonstrators say to the widow?
This person lives somewhere else because her parents had too many kids and they couldn’t afford to give her a good life.
Why is Mehri in Marjane’s home?
The veil became obligatory to wear because of a return to this.
What were the fundamental Islamic beliefs?
Many changes happened. Protests against the Shah were taking place, the veil was now obligatory to wear in schools for girls now- where Marjane’s class was separated now between boys and girls. This was a movement where different socio-political interests clashed in in this country.
What is the Iranian Cultural Revolution?
Marjane's idea was to Monopoly, a game based on capitalism, within this context.
What is irony?
“In any case, as long as there is oil in the Middle East we will never have peace.”
What did Marjane’s father say after the Egyptian president took in the Shah?
“All the country’s money went into ridiculous celebrations of the 2500 years of dynasty and other frivolities…”
How did the first Shah spend the country’s money?
The torturers received training from this group.
What was the CIA?
This person’s only interest was in the oil the Shah was offering him. Once the Shah departed from his post, he denied providing refuge to the family of the Shah.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
This points with dialogue at a character.
What is a balloon tail?
This powerful group approached Reza when he was a soldier, promising “ [...] everything. Power, shoe shiners… and even more. Anything you want in cash!”
What did the influential British say to Reza Shah?
"It disgusts me that people are condemned to a bleak future by their social class."
Why did Marjane's grandfather become a communist?
This term refers to the struggle of becoming a good Muslim. It can be a greater ____ or a lesser _____.
What is jihad?