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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Akio gets a number of text messages in the car in Chapter 14, whom does Izzy suspect is texting him?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) Her father.
(c) His father.
(d) His boss.

2. What is Izzy practicing with Mariko at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Polite terms of address.
(b) The names and titles of extended family.
(c) Table etiquette.
(d) Bowing.

3. Which of Izzy's cousins introduces Izzy to her fiance at the family dinner?
(a) Akiko.
(b) Asako.
(c) Noriko.
(d) Sachiko.

4. What did Makoto tell Hanako would make him feel like a "tree without sunlight" (26)?
(a) Being disowned by his family.
(b) Staying in America.
(c) Losing his relationship with her.
(d) Not finishing his education.

5. What is the English translation of Akio's childhood nickname?
(a) Piglet.
(b) Apple.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Pumpkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Izzy finally get a chance to talk with her father about?

2. What is an "NDA," like the one Izzy had to sign?

3. In Chapter 8, what is Izzy unpleasantly surprised to find out is happening before dinner?

4. In the car on the way back from the wedding, what prompts Akio to say "This is poor timing" (163)?

5. At the wedding, what does Yoshi complain that their uncle Tadashi will not stop talking to him about?

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