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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Auntie Asako's attitude about the prime minister's marriage to a "narikin" (155)?
(a) Amused.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Scornful.
(d) Excited.

3. What does the man who accosts Izzy in the alley want?
(a) Directions.
(b) Money.
(c) A kiss.
(d) An autograph.

4. Where are Izzy and her friends at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At school.
(c) At Glory's house.
(d) At the library.

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

6. What does Mr. Fuchigami caution Izzy about when she asks about the seating arrangements for the family dinner?
(a) She must not show favoritism toward any one person or part of the family.
(b) She must be very careful about what she says about the emperor and empress.
(c) She must find a way to impress on her family members how grateful she is to her father.
(d) She must remember to converse only with female members of the family.

7. What does Izzy sarcastically suggest that Akio might want to use to keep her under control?
(a) A ball and chain.
(b) A shock collar.
(c) An electronic tether.
(d) A leash.

8. What floral emblem has her father chosen for Izzy?
(a) The purple iris.
(b) The pink orchid.
(c) The yellow rose.
(d) The white chrysanthemum.

9. Whose music does Izzy choose to play for Akio?
(a) The Mount Shasta High School Marching Band.
(b) The Mount Shasta Community Orchestra.
(c) The Mount Shasta Children's Choir.
(d) The Mount Shasta Gay Men's Chorus.

10. Who is David Meier?
(a) The other man that Hanako thought might be Izzy's father.
(b) The professor whose class Hanako and Makoto were in together.
(c) A professor in Stockholm who knows Izzy's father.
(d) The mutual friend who introduced Hanako to Makoto.

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

12. How did Yoshi get Izzy's phone number?
(a) He just asked someone for it.
(b) He hacked into Mr. Fuchigami's computer.
(c) He went through his sister's phone to find it.
(d) He Googled her.

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

14. What is Izzy's companion and tutor named?
(a) Mariko.
(b) Hanako.
(c) Asako.
(d) Yoshihito.

15. In Chapter 10, what does Izzy finally get a chance to talk with her father about?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her fears about being a princess.
(c) Her future in Japan.
(d) Her dislike for Akio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escorts Izzy to the prime minister's wedding?

2. What term does Hanako not like Izzy to use when referring to her father?

3. Who does Izzy think is "stuffy but kind of hot" when she first sees him? (46)

4. What does Akio tells Izzy the word "gaijin" means?

5. Where does the nickname that Izzy has given her cousins Noriko and Akiko come from?

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