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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 misses the person he was when he was with her mother.
(d) He needs to learn more about how to parent a teenager.

4. When Yoshi asks Izzy how she feels about Kyoto, what does she tell him it is like?
(a) A dream.
(b) A prison.
(c) A vacation.
(d) A school.

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

6. 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) Akio's sweat jacket.
(d) A lacy nightgown.

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

8. 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 messiness of her bedroom.
(d) The way her parents look at one another.

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

10. What gift does Izzy's father bring her in California?
(a) Banana-flavored cakes.
(b) A chrysanthemum pendant.
(c) An iris.
(d) Dorayaki.

11. What does the article in Women Now reveal about the empress's background?
(a) She grew up in a Tokyo orphanage and no one is sure who her birth parents are.
(b) She is distantly related to the emperor.
(c) She is a commoner who grew up in a poor village.
(d) She is from one of the families stripped of their nobility.

12. What does Izzy wear under her cardigan during the interview?
(a) A t-shirt featuring the fifth-grade picture of the AGG in their denim outfits.
(b) A "Riots, Not Diets" t-shirt.
(c) A t-shirt with a picture of Tamagotchi on it.
(d) A Mount Shasta High School t-shirt.

13. What bothers the emperor about Izzy?
(a) Her clothing is too bold.
(b) She is too outspoken.
(c) She is an American citizen.
(d) Her parents are not married.

14. Why did Akio not get in touch with Izzy right after the Tokyo Tattler story broke?
(a) He tried, but Yoshi did not deliver the note he entrusted to him.
(b) He was convinced he had ruined her life.
(c) He tried, but Izzy had blocked international numbers on her cell phone.
(d) He did not see the story before she suddenly left Japan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Noora comes to see Izzy, what does she repeatedly tease her about?

3. What song does Akio play for Izzy when she meets him in Chapter 26?

4. What does Reina do when she sees Izzy outside Yoshi's home?

5. What surprises Izzy about the way the empress first addresses her?

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