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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What example does Akio give of the conflict between gimu and ninjō?
(a) A lady-in-waiting who must serve a princess she dislikes.
(b) A princess who must modify her own personality to fit in.
(c) A soldier who is ordered to kill a member of his own family.
(d) A samurai who is in love with his shogun's daughter.

3. How did Yoshi hear about what has happened between Akio and Izzy?
(a) Sachiko told him.
(b) He read the Tokyo Tattler article.
(c) The Imperial Household sent the family a memo.
(d) Reina told him.

4. How will Izzy get to the airport to fly home?
(a) Mariko will call her a car.
(b) Yoshi will drive her.
(c) She will get a cab on the highway.
(d) Yoshi will call her an Uber.

5. What gift does Izzy bring her father from Kyoto?
(a) A photograph of the crane and the pond.
(b) One of the orchids that is her mother's favorite flower.
(c) A painting of the imperial bamboo farm.
(d) A scroll with kanji she has written.

6. In one of the poems she write to Akio, what does Izzy compare her two halves to?
(a) Coffee and tea.
(b) Beer and sake.
(c) Apple pie and mochi.
(d) Pancakes and dorayaki.

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

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

9. What activity does Hanako suggest she, Izzy, and Izzy's father go do on his first full day in Mount Shasta?
(a) Go shopping.
(b) Go for a bike ride.
(c) Go for a hike.
(d) Go to a concert.

10. What does Izzy ask Jones if he did in order to impress her mother?
(a) Wear a suit to the graduation party.
(b) Host the graduation party.
(c) Invite all of his friends to the graduation party.
(d) Make so much food for the graduation party.

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

12. What is Izzy doing on the train to Kyoto when Chapter 19 begins?
(a) Practicing her Japanese.
(b) Texting her friends.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Finishing homework.

13. How does Izzy find out about the Tokyo Tattler article in Chapter 27?
(a) From the AGG.
(b) From Mr. Fuchigami.
(c) From Mariko.
(d) From her father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Izzy spend holed up in her room after she returns from Japan?

2. Why does Izzy not receive any phone calls from Japan while she is flying home to California?

3. What movie does Izzy quote to Akio in the bamboo forest?

4. Who is Tokugawa?

5. Why does Mariko tell Izzy that Izzy cannot go to Akio's parents' house?

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