1. What does Izzy say is special about the connection she shares with her friends?
(a) Her friends are the only ones who understand how hard it is to not know your father.
(b) They can be comfortable with one another because they all speak Japanese.
(c) They can just look at each other and know what the others are thinking.
(d) Her friends are the only ones who do not tease her for being an Asian girl who is bad at math.

2. What does Hanako warn Izzy is true about life at court for women?
(a) They are are given a lot of responsibility without any power.
(b) They are closely scrutinized and constantly criticized.
(c) They are not allowed to travel freely or make their own decisions.
(d) They are expected to conform to rules from hundreds of years ago.

3. When Izzy and her father are walking in the garden in Chapter 7, what does her father tell her is happening because the people of Tokyo are welcoming her?
(a) Chanting.
(b) Horns honking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Fireworks.

4. What does Noora show Izzy to prove her claim about Makoto's title?
(a) A coronation photograph.
(b) A family tree.
(c) A birth certificate.
(d) A newspaper article.

5. How does Izzy's description of the moment she first sees her father reveal her sense of humor?
(a) She uses ridiculously exaggerated diction.
(b) She describes it like a police interview.
(c) She frames it as a multiple-choice question.
(d) She describes herself like a character in a television drama.