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1
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Who is the woman who wore disguises after her photo was taken?

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Mom

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Who was the ruler who replaced the author’s grandfather?

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Reba Shah

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Who was the Egyptian who gives shelter to Iran’s former ruler?

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Anwar Al-Sadat

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Who was the family maid who is like a sister for the author?

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Nehru

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Who was the President who tried not to get involved in Iran?

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Jimmy Carter

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Who is the author’s uncle who tells her exciting stories?

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Anoosh

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Who is the girl who writes a report about her dead father?

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Pardisse

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Who is the girl that sees her father as a hero when he returns?

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Laly

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Who is the communist forced to get married before she dies?

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Niloufar

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10
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Who is the man that has multiple heart attacks and misses his son?

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Uncle Taher

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11
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Who is the sensitive man who enjoys Iron Maiden?

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Dad

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Who is the author of the novel who uses cartoons?

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Marji

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13
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Which Persian city was destroyed by Alexander the Great?

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Persepolis

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Which Greek city was destroyed by the Persians after the Battle of Thermopylae?

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Athens

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Who was the leader of the Islamic Republic in Iran?

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Ayatollah Khomeine

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What does Marji’s neighbor say about the spot on her cheek?

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A bullet grazed her cheek at a demonstration

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17
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Which household appliance does Marji remember from stories of torture?

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Iron

18
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Where did Uncle Anoosh live when he married and started a family?

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Russia

19
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What does Anoosh give to Marji?

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Swan carved from bread

20
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Which country declares war on Iran?

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Iraq

21
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What do Marji and her grandmother destroy before the authorities can find it?

A

Alcohol

22
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What does Marji’s mother hide inside her husband’s coast lining?

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Posters

23
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Why are Marji’s Jewish neighbor’s at home during the missile attack?

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Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath

24
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What does Marji see just before the leaves Iran?

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Her father is carrying her mother

25
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Are panels- squares or rectangle that contain scenes in graphic novels?

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YES

26
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Do captions contains information about scenes or characters in graphic novels.

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YES

27
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Do Iranian women have to shave their heads because hair excites men?

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NO

28
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Was Marji’s grandfather often imprisoned in a cell filled with water?

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YES

29
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Does Marji sometimes believe that her father is a coward?

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YES

30
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Does Marji worry about Anoosh because her parents say that he is on a trip?

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YES

31
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Is Anoosh executed because the authorities think that he is a Russian spy?

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YES

32
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Does Marji find comfort by praying after Anoosh is gone?

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YES

33
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Does Marji smoke a cigarette to end her childhood and become a grown-up?

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YES

34
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Is Uncle Taher depressed because his son was killed by an Iraqui missile?

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NO

35
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Does Marji move to the United States because she will be safer there?

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NO

36
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What did Iranian protesters do at the US Embassy in 1979? Why did they do this?

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They stormed the embassy and held the Americans as hostages

Protest against the shah receiving medical treatment in the US

37
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How does Marji feel when she sits in her father’s Cadillac? Why does she feel this way?

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Shame

Revolution is about eliminating social differences

38
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Why does Marji compare the revolution to a bicycle? What does she mean?

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Bicycle will fall if the wheels stop turning

Revolution will fail if the people strop driving it

39
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How does Marji’s father handle the maid’s love life? How does Marji feel?

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Father tells the neighbor that Mehri is just his maid not his daughter

Marji is angry that her father would hurt Mehri to preserve social divisions

40
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Why do boys receive plastic keys in school? How are they symbolic?

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Symbolic keys to Heaven

Encouragement to join the army and fight

41
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Describe the experiences of women during the Iranian Revolution. Discuss specific female characters in the graphic novel whose experiences were particularly difficult. How were Marji and her mother affected in different ways? Why did life seem more dangerous for women in the Islamic Republic?

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Women were forced to wear the veil (Hair was alluring)
Marji’s mother concealed her identity after being photographed at a demonstration
Guardians of the Revolution often insult and threaten “modern” women
Niloufar was arrested, married, raped and executed
Marji rebels at school because she remembers secular culture and wants to be like Anoosh
Marji’s mother will do anything to protect her family - - conceal feeling send Marji away
Islamic Republic forces women to be subservient - fundamentalism

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