from Reading Lolita in Tehran & from Persepolis 2 Yellow Station

The author’s purpose in writing Reading Lolita in Tehran is to —

• report on the militia that patrols the cities in Iran

• portray a woman’s life in a culture of religious dominance in Iran

• describe a typical person’s experience living in an urban center in Iran

• explain the repressive government that controls life in Iran

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Read this excerpt from paragraph 2 of Reading Lolita in Tehran. She will pass slogans on the walls, quotations from Khomeini and a group called the Party of God: MEN WHO WEAR TIES ARE U.S. LACKEYS. VEILING IS A WOMAN’S PROTECTION. Which definition best captures the connotation of the word lackey?

• A footman

• A paid servant

• A willingly obedient follower

• A paid personal assistant to a tyrant

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

For which two reasons does the author ask rhetorical questions in paragraph 4 of Reading Lolita in Tehran?

• She expects Iranian oppressors to read it and reflect on their actions.

• She wants to create a certain dramatic effect.

• She expects readers to try to answer the questions.

• She wants to encourage readers to ask questions.

• She wants readers to reflect on the experience of these women.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read this excerpt from paragraph 7 of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Although they came from very different backgrounds, the regime that ruled them had tried to make their personal identities and histories irrelevant. Which revision correctly changes this sentence to present tense?

• Although they had come from very different backgrounds, the regimes that were ruling them had tried to make their personal identities and histories irrelevant.

• Although they come from very different backgrounds, the regimes that rule them try to make their personal identities and histories irrelevant.

• Although they had come from very different backgrounds, the regimes that ruled them try to make their personal identities and histories irrelevant.

• Although they came from very different backgrounds, the regimes that were ruling them try to make their personal identities and histories irrelevant.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which statement best describes how the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran feels about life under the post-Iranian Revolution regime?

• She is afraid of the militia that patrols the streets to enforce the law.

• She feels that the regime has caused Iran to regress in its treatment of women.

• She feels uncertain about whether to obey the regime or stick to her personal beliefs.

• She is hesitant to break the rules governing clothing that the new regime has implemented.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that she feels that the regime has caused Iran to regress in its treatment of women?

• She says her goodbyes and puts on her black robe and scarf over her orange shirt and jeans, coiling her scarf around her neck to cover her huge gold earrings. (paragraph 1)

• Is she angry that women of her mother’s generation could walk the streets freely, enjoy the company of the opposite sex, join the police force, become pilots, live under laws that were among the most progressive in the world regarding women? (paragraph 4)

• Does she think how vulnerable the Revolutionary Guards are who for over eighteen years have patrolled the streets of Tehran and have had to endure young women like herself, and those of other generations, walking, talking, showing a strand of hair just to remind them that they have not converted? (paragraph 5)

• Although they came from very different backgrounds, the regime that ruled them had tried to make their personal identities and histories irrelevant. (paragraph 7)

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which excerpt from Persepolis 2 best articulates the main character’s personal point of view?

• In 1990, the era of grand revolutionary ideas and demonstrations was over. (panel 2)

• To our leaders, the smallest thing could be a subject of subversion. (panel 4)

• What’s going on in the political prisons? (panel 7)

• When we’re afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. (panel 8)

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which phrase best describes the format and purpose of Persepolis 2?

• A manga graphic novel that makes use of print features to tell the story of the difficulties of living in urban modern Iran

• A realistic fiction graphic novel that makes use of print and graphic features to tell the story of cultural life in modern-day Iran

• A personal narrative graphic novel that makes use of graphic features to tell the story of cultural life in rural Iran

• A memoir graphic novel that makes use of print and graphic features to tell the story of the difficulties of life in post-revolutionary Iran

In Persepolis 2, the author mostly uses captions to —

• narrate the story

• explain Iranian customs

• show dialogue among characters

• highlight personal information about the author

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Read the sentences below. After the Islamic revolution in Iran, daily life for women was subject to new and brutal religious laws. Even laughing loudly or wearing red socks could get a woman in trouble. This best describes the text of —

• Reading Lolita in Tehran

• Persepolis 2

• both Reading Lolita in Tehran and Persepolis 2

• neither Reading Lolita in Tehran nor Persepolis 2

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7