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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the exclusive school that Akiko and Noriko attend?
(a) Musashino.
(b) Takachiho.
(c) Kokushihan.
(d) Gakushūin.

2. Who is Reina?
(a) The prime minister's new wife.
(b) The prime minister's sister.
(c) One of Noriko and Akiko's friends.
(d) Yoshi's imperial guard.

3. How do the furnishings of her father's office make Izzy feel?
(a) She feels important because of her association with her father.
(b) She feels as if everything in her life is cheap by comparison.
(c) She feels proud to have a life focused on people instead of things.
(d) She feels embarrassed about how little she knows about the world.

4. What hobby does Izzy say she is going to suggest to Mr. Fuchigami that she take up?
(a) Archery.
(b) Wrestling.
(c) Drag racing.
(d) Falconry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what does Akio tell Izzy he has started to understand about her?

2. 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?

3. When Akio gets a number of text messages in the car in Chapter 14, whom does Izzy suspect is texting him?

4. On page 158, what does Izzy call the way her cousins treat her?

5. What does Izzy realize when her father asks about her mother's mug collection?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Izzy's enjoyment of the sparkling cider trigger a feeling of frustration in her father?

2. Why is Izzy so filled with regret in Chapter 4?

3. What causes Izzy to disregard her feelings of unease during her night out with Yoshi?

4. When Izzy meets her father in Chapter 7, what comment about his fear does her father make, and what story does she share, in return?

5. Which of the things that Hanako has always told Izzy about her father are lies?

6. How does Akio demonstrate his sense of humor in his conversation with Izzy in Chapter 9?

7. Where does Izzy's father take her in Chapter 10, and why does this place make her wonder if he is still in love with her mother?

8. How does Izzy end up making a serious social error at the prime minister's wedding?

9. During her visit to Akio's parents' home, what two things does Izzy discover she and Akio have in common?

10. Why is Izzy so eager to get to the library in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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