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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What argument for their innocence in the exposure of Akio and Izzy's relationship do Akiko and Noriko give?
(a) Because of their mother, they would never talk to the tabloids.
(b) They had no way of knowing when Izzy was at the karaoke bar.
(c) They both know what it is like to be in love with someone the family disapproves of.
(d) They would never embarrass the entire family just to expose Izzy.

2. Whom does Izzy suspect of spying on her and Akio and arranging the Tokyo Tattler article about them?
(a) Mr. Fuchigami.
(b) Noriko and Akiko.
(c) Sachiko.
(d) Yoshi.

3. What does Akio send Izzy in Chapter 37?
(a) A key chain.
(b) A radish.
(c) An iris.
(d) An orchid.

4. What is the Crown Prince surprised by at the Black Bear Diner?
(a) The patrons.
(b) The tea.
(c) The biscuits.
(d) The waitstaff.

5. In Chapter 19, what does Izzy say she suspects about her trip to Kyoto?
(a) Her father is trying to keep her from going home.
(b) Her father is punishing her.
(c) Her father wants to separate her from Yoshi.
(d) Her father wants to hide her away.

6. What draws Izzy's attention to the bathroom where Midori is?
(a) The twins' ladies-in-waiting guarding the door.
(b) The absence of the twins from the luncheon.
(c) The sound of moaning.
(d) She just happens to be looking for the bathroom.

7. Where does Shirasu say the best bamboo can be found?
(a) Near Kyoto.
(b) Underground.
(c) On hillsides.
(d) In Japan.

8. 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 seems childish compared to the suitcases she has used in Japan.
(d) It is much smaller than she remembers.

9. What do both Izzy and her mother accuse one another of at the Black Bear Diner?
(a) Flattering Izzy's father.
(b) Being sloppy.
(c) Overeating.
(d) Acting weird.

10. How does Izzy feel at the beginning of Chapter 35, when her father is about to leave?
(a) She feels like it will be lonely with just her and her mother.
(b) She feels defeated, as if she has wasted an important opportunity.
(c) She is relieved that her father's pressuring her to return to Japan is over with.
(d) She is secretly pleased that she will get to spend some time alone with her mother.

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

12. On page 268, what advice does Glory give Izzy about Akio on the car ride home from the airport?
(a) Akio is "just another boy" like Forest, and Izzy will get over him.
(b) If he cannot forgive her, he is "not worth having."
(c) He might just need "some time to come around."
(d) Izzy should trust him to "know [her] heart like he knows his own."

13. What hobby does Izzy express interest in when she is speaking with the empress?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Sericulture.
(d) Botany.

14. In Chapter 22, what does Izzy confess to Akio she did soon after meeting him for the first time?
(a) She asked for him to be reassigned.
(b) She made up a mean song about him.
(c) She told the AGG he was sexy.
(d) She defaced his photograph.

15. What is the state religion of Japan?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Kōshin.
(c) Shintoism.
(d) Taoism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Izzy end up explaining to her father after her graduation party?

2. What do Akiko and Noriko make fun of when they and Izzy are cutting the ribbon at the hospital?

3. When Izzy asks Akio whether she looks okay before meeting her grandparents, what does he compare her to?

4. Where do Izzy and her mother leave Tamagotchi when they decide to go to Japan?

5. In Chapter 29, what does Izzy compare herself--and other Japanese Americans who return to Japan--to?

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