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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the nickname that Izzy has given her cousins Noriko and Akiko come from?
(a) Downton Abbey.
(b) A song by rapper Warren G.
(c) A book and movie by Stephen King.
(d) One of the Real Housewives television shows.

2. What does Izzy spend most of her flight to Tokyo doing?
(a) Watching a television show.
(b) Studying information about the royal family.
(c) Listening to Japanese language tapes.
(d) Sleeping and playing games on her phone.

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

4. What is ironic about Izzy's mother's makeup collection?
(a) Izzy's mother bought the makeup to wear to a job that she quit after three days.
(b) It is very expensive, but Izzy's mother is usually very careful with money.
(c) Izzy's mother does not actually ever wear any of the makeup.
(d) It is all brands of makeup that teenagers usually wear, but Izzy is not allowed to wear makeup.

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

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

7. At the family dinner in Chapter 8, what is Yoshi referring to when he tells Izzy "Well, you did your best" (81)?
(a) Her table manners.
(b) Her introduction.
(c) Her outfit.
(d) Her attempt to remember names.

8. What does Izzy compare herself to as she leaves the wedding?
(a) Cinderella leaving the ball.
(b) A runaway train.
(c) A defeated army in retreat.
(d) A deer fleeing a forest fire.

9. Why do Izzy and Akio end up going to Akio's parents' house in Chapter 14?
(a) To take his mother some medicine.
(b) To pick up a gift from Akio's parents to Izzy.
(c) So that Izzy can meet Akio's parents.
(d) So that Akio can hide Izzy from reporters.

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

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

12. During their text conversation when Izzy is on her way back to the palace, why does Izzy not tell Yoshi about being rescued from the alley?
(a) She is suspicious about Yoshi's motives.
(b) She is embarrassed about the situation.
(c) She is still scared and does not want to think about it.
(d) She is angry at Yoshi for not finding her.

13. What does Akio tells Izzy the word "gaijin" means?
(a) It means a foolish and gullible person.
(b) It is a pejorative term for foreigners.
(c) It refers to people of common, rather than royal, blood.
(d) It is a word used to describe someone who makes frequent social errors.

14. 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.

15. What does the expression "newly minted" mean (1)?
(a) Recently refreshed.
(b) Recently discovered.
(c) Recently made.
(d) Recently grown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Taka?

2. What is Auntie Asako's attitude about the prime minister's marriage to a "narikin" (155)?

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

4. Why does Izzy's mother start to cry when they are talking on the phone at the end of Chapter 18?

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

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