Kim Wilde-The Dowry. Answer each question in a complete sentence.

1. What does Marjane ask her parents to bring her then they return from vacation?
2. How did Iran accommodate for its need for imports during the war?
3. What problem do Marji’s parents face as they return from their trip to Istanbul? How does Marji’s mom show her ingenuity?
4. How would you describe the mood at the airport?
5. How does Marji’s reaction to the Kim Wilde poster reinforce an existing conflict?
6. How do the images on page 132 of the book enhance Gandi Avenue’s ominous (bad) feeling?
7. What was the new strategy? How does the author characterize Iranians? How does she characterize her father? Her mother?
8. What did the sirens signify? What did Marji realize for the first time? What does this show?
9. How did Marji’s life change after Neda’s death? What happened at school?
10. What did Satrapi learn about the government in her new school? How did she respond?
11. How does Marji’s dad respond to her behavior at school? Her mom? Why? What is Marji’s reaction?
12. Why do you think the author inserted a totally black image in the last box on page 142 of the book?
13. What lessons do each of Marjane’s family members teach her in her final days in Iran? Which do you think is most important?Why?

Kim Wilde-The Dowry. Answer each question in a complete sentence on a separate sheet.

1. How did Marji’s mother compare to other Iranian mothers? How does Marji’s relationship with her mother seem to reflect typical parent-child issues?
2. How had Iran’s food shortage been resolved? What was appealing about Gandhi Avenue?
3. What was the purpose of the Guardians of the Revolution? What happens when they encounter Marji? How does Marji respond?
4. How does the picture on the top of page 137 reflect the mood? Where does Marji’s only hope lie?
5. What motivated the Baba-Levy family to stay in Iran? Why is this so unusual? What was Neda’s dream? What ironically happens?
6. What happened to Niloufar? Why? How do you know? What is Marji’s reaction?
7. How does Marji’s attitude change when she turns 14? Why is she expelled from school?
8. Where do Marji’s parents decide to send their daughter? Why? What is Marji’s reaction? 
9. What is her grandmother’s advice to her?
10. Who made up a large segment of those leaving the country?
11. What is tragically ironic about the dowry the government sends to the parents of its female victims?

Kim Wilde-The Dowry. Answer each question in a complete sentence on a separate sheet.

1. Where do Marjane’s parents go for vacations, and what gifts does Marji ask them to bring back?
2. What was the purpose of the Guardians of the Revolution? What happens when they encounter Marji? How does Marji respond?
3. Why will Marji have to go before the Committee? What would happen there? How does Marji avoid going before the Committee?
4. Analyze Marji’s behavior when she returns home. Mention her feelings, thoughts, words, actions.
5. What happened to Iran’s economy during the war? Is this unusual?
6. What new threat terrorizes Tehran, and why do the Satrapis stay?
7. How does being expelled affect Marjane’s life, and what kind of attitude does she exhibit after she stands up to her principal? How do her parents react to theis attitude?
8. How does Marji find a new school, and what happens once she gets there?
9. How does Marji’s mother attempt to protect her daughter? How does Marji discover the truth? What does the last frame on page 142 reflect?
10. Marji’s dad says, “Don’t forget _____ or _____.”
11. What is Marji’s last memory of her parents before leaving?
12. What prediction do you make for Marji and her family after she leaves?

2.they watch out for what people wear:they call her a lil whore And tell her to take her jacket and shoes Off while pulling at her veil:she does not tell her mom.

3.because of the clothes she has on:they would kill her:crying and saying her step mom will kill her if she don't hurry home.

4..she acted very weird ,eyes red,she didn't want to tell her mom what happened.she played music and sang it.

5.city was deserted it was unusual.

6.missiles,they stay because of marji's French education.

7.

8.her aunt knew people that old get marji's into a school.and marji told off her new principal.

They enforces the law. And the pulls out a veil and tell her to take off the clothes that were not appropriate. Marjane states the she was a basketball player for the shoes and that she told them a lie that she couldn't leave with them.

Because she was caught not dressing the code. She would have been tortured .she began to lie that she will be in more trouble if she leaves with them and doesn't go home.

She was sad, crying and partially scared.

Is became deserted, yes it was unusual.

Missiles they stay because of Marjane's French eduction.

2. Their purpose was to arrest women who were improperly veiled. They wanted to take her to the committee. Marjane lies to make them feel pity for her.

3. She will have to go to them because she's improperly dressed. They could detain her and even whip her. Marjane avoids it by lying and crying.

4. When Marjane got home she starts to sing really loud and dance. She said she was trying to calm down.

5. Their currency lost all its value. It was unusual because they changed so suddenly.

6. The new threats in Tehran were Iraqis missiles. They stayed for Marjanes future and French education.

7)She started to fool around at her school. She hurt her principal.

11.the last memory marjane is of her mother fainting at the airport.

8.) Marjane found a new school because they knew some bureaucrats in the education system. Marjane also told the religion teacher off .

4. The mood at the airport was not that good because the guy that was on the table he really thought that they were smugglers.

9. After Neda died Marji changed a lot her life took a new turn she was 14 and rebel nothing scared her. At school she had a bracelet and they weren't allowed to wear them than she hit the principal.

10. Satrap learned that they don't have political prisoners anymore. She tells told off the religion teacher that how she dare to lie to them.

11. Her father was not mad at her for talking like that to the teacher but her mother was really upset and mad because they marry virgin girls than execute them. They wanted to send Marji to Austria she was surprised.

2. Iran was able to import its things from Turkey.

3. The problems Marjane's parents faced was that the airport was making sure they were not smuggling nothing into Iran. Marjane's mom was able to put the posters in her husband's coat.

9)There a lot of jerks in the world. Don't let that bother her and to be true to herself.

5. Kim Wilde is a rebellious person and not a Muslim figure.

6. Sold foreign goods behind the governments back, making the black market bigger.

10. A large segment leaving the country was young boy under the age of thirteen because once the boys turn thirteen they are forbidden to leave the country.

3. Marjanes parents have trouble getting her gifts back home so her mother sews them into marjane's father jacket

4. The mood at the airport may have been scary and nerve wrecking.

5. The Kim poster encourages marjane to leave the house and listen to "we're the kids of America" which gets her in trouble by the guardians or revolution.

2. They called her a whore arrested her and made her take them off

3. Because the clothes she had on could get her killed and she didnt tell her mother because she was afraid she couldnt come outside again.

4.she acted weird her eyes were  red,she didn't want to tell her mom what happened

5.the city was deserted

6.missiles and they stay because of marji's French education.