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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offer does Izzy make and Akio refuse when they are walking together in the bamboo forest?
(a) To replace him with another guard.
(b) To have a secret romantic relationship.
(c) To be friends with him.
(d) To talk with her father about their situation.

2. Who escorts Izzy to the prime minister's wedding?
(a) The Crown Prince.
(b) Yoshi.
(c) Mr. Fuchigami.
(d) Akio.

3. What is banned on Japanese imperial grounds?
(a) Cellphones.
(b) American music.
(c) Media consumption.
(d) Drinking and smoking.

4. What does the Crown Prince say on page 168 after Izzy explains her cousins' role in what happened at the wedding?
(a) "You need to use better common sense."
(b) "Learn to ignore the tricks of your inferiors."
(c) "Your cousins are just jealous of your standing."
(d) "It doesn't matter how it happened."

5. Why does Reina get angry at Yoshi on the return train to Tokyo?
(a) He wants to change his schedule at the last minute.
(b) He makes an inappropriate remark to her.
(c) He has been drinking in public.
(d) His pet escapes on the train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Izzy decide to go on her day off in Chapter 14?

2. How does Izzy's description of the moment she first sees her father reveal her sense of humor?

3. In Chapter 3, what are Izzy and her mother doing together when Izzy asks Hanako about her father?

4. Whose marriage is written about in the newspaper article that begins the book?

5. At the family dinner in Chapter 8, what is Yoshi referring to when he tells Izzy "Well, you did your best" (81)?

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