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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Izzy wearing when she runs into Akio late at night in Chapter 22?
(a) A Mount Shasta Gay Men's Chorus t-shirt.
(b) A lacy nightgown.
(c) A silk kimono.
(d) Akio's sweat jacket.

2. Why does Izzy not receive any phone calls from Japan while she is flying home to California?
(a) The palace is not yet aware of her absence.
(b) She has blocked international numbers on her phone.
(c) She turned her phone off when she left Tokyo.
(d) She left her phone behind in the palace.

3. What does Izzy notice about her duffel bag when she is packing?
(a) It is shabby and worn-out looking to her now.
(b) How garish its color seems in these surroundings.
(c) It is much smaller than she remembers.
(d) It seems childish compared to the suitcases she has used in Japan.

4. What does Izzy say is a best friend's "sacred duty" (3)?
(a) To "point out when you are being a jerk."
(b) To "love the good and the bad things about you."
(c) To "convince you to do the things you should not do."
(d) To "know how to bring you back from the brink of crazy."

5. Why does Izzy's mother start to cry when they are talking on the phone at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) She misses the Crown Prince.
(b) She finds it hard to share Izzy.
(c) She is lonely.
(d) She is worried about Izzy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What startling information does Noora reveal about Makoto?

2. Why is Princess Midori so often absent from her imperial duties?

3. From context, what kind of restaurant is an izakaya?

4. How will Izzy get to the airport to fly home?

5. What surprises Izzy about the way the empress first addresses her?

(see the answer key)

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