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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What form of poetry does Izzy use in the note that she writes to Akio in Chapter 28?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Sedoka.
(c) Waka.
(d) Renga.

4. When a loud noise that sounds like gunfire is heard at the hospital, what does Izzy immediately do?
(a) Moves behind Akio for protection.
(b) Drops to the floor and hides behind a bed.
(c) Moves to protect the baby she is closest to.
(d) Throws herself over the woman she has been talking to.

5. What does Reina do when she sees Izzy outside Yoshi's home?
(a) Calls Mr. Fuchigami.
(b) Alerts Izzy's security detail.
(c) Pulls a gun on her.
(d) Tells Izzy not to disturb Yoshi.

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

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

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

9. What do Akiko and Noriko make fun of when they and Izzy are cutting the ribbon at the hospital?
(a) Izzy's Japanese.
(b) Izzy's clothing.
(c) Izzy's fast walk.
(d) Izzy's smile.

10. When Izzy asks Akio whether she looks okay before meeting her grandparents, what does he compare her to?
(a) The goddess of mercy.
(b) A golden chrysanthemum.
(c) A sunrise.
(d) An expensive sake.

11. When Izzy runs into the twins' ladies-in-waiting during the luncheon, what is Izzy on her way to do?
(a) Use the restroom.
(b) Meet Akio.
(c) Get some fresh air.
(d) Find Mariko.

12. What realization about his life has the Crown Prince come to during Izzy's time in Japan?
(a) He wants to advocate for changing some imperial restrictions and traditions.
(b) He does not really want to be the emperor of Japan someday.
(c) He needs to learn more about how to parent a teenager.
(d) He misses the person he was when he was with her mother.

13. What happens when Izzy tries to call Akio?
(a) Mr. Fuchigami takes her phone away.
(b) Akio's father answers the phone and hangs up on her.
(c) Akio refuses to speak to her.
(d) The number is disconnected.

14. What does Izzy think the lanterns look like when the people release them into the sky at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Stars.
(c) A crown.
(d) A chrysanthemum.

15. When the AGG comes over to meet Izzy's father, what does Izzy end up feeling self-conscious about?
(a) The college she plans to attend.
(b) Her friends' casual manners.
(c) The way her parents look at one another.
(d) The messiness of her bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Akio give of the conflict between gimu and ninjō?

2. In the car on the way to the palace in Chapter 23, how is Izzy feeling about being back in Tokyo and seeing her father again?

3. When Izzy tells Yoshi that bald eagles are not an option for Sachiko's wedding, what does he suggest she release instead?

4. During her conversation with her father after the graduation party, what does Izzy reveal she is always trying to eat more of?

5. What does Izzy ask Jones if he did in order to impress her mother?

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