The Soup
November 1984
What keeps waking Marji up at 6:30 on the dot?
Lucia's hair dryer
Liberated from being controlled by others
Emancipated
Lacking confidence and assertiveness
Timid
A narrow and exclusive group of friends; a posse or squad
Clique
Who is Marji INITTIALLY left with upon arriving in Austria
At a boarding school ran by nuns
An exaggerated and often comic representation of a person
Caricature
What does Marji do rather than going somewhere on vacation?
She makes a plan to read a lot to learn more about the culture of where she is currently living
How does Marji respond to her first exposure to public displays of affection and seeing a man and women half naked walking through the house?
At first she is extremely awkward but ultimately laughs it off.
Done without being noticed
Discreetly
How long was Marji in Vienna before she was picked up by her friend?
11 days
What was Marji's score on her math test?
19.5/20
A person who believes that government should ne abolished
Anarchist
To adapt one's behaviors to the norms and customs of a different culture; to be absorbed into a different culture, often by abandoning one's own cultural beliefs and traditions
Assimilate
To determine by reasoning; to infer from one's general knowledge
Deduce
Explain how since moving to Austria, Houshang and Zozo's jobs and economic circumstances have changed.
A burst of agitated and disorderly activity
Frenzy
Describe the letter that Marji's parents receive in regards to her being expelled from school.
The letter contained lies that Marji was caught stealing fruit yogurt and that she left on her own volition. This was all a lie.
How did the parties in Iran differ from the party Marji went to in Vienna?
In Iran, people would dance and eat. At the part in Vienna, the people preferred to lie around and smoke.
Who kisses Marji on the mouth for the first time
Momo
a verbal conflict; an altercation
What time did midnight mass conclude?
3 in the morning
Marji is in the boarding house watching tv in the rectory and eating a pot of spaghetti. Explain the interaction between Marji and Mother Superior and what ultimately happens to Marji.
The nun questions why she's eating out of the pot and says that it's true that Iranians have no education, at which point Marji responds by saying that all nuns used to be prostitutes. Marji is ultimately expelled from school.
Why does Julie think Marji is laughing so much when she and Wolfy walk out of the bedroom half naked?
Julie accuses her of being stoned
Why are the other kids at school so interested in Marji?
The fact that she has seen war and death.