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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. In Chapter 3, what are Izzy and her mother doing together when Izzy asks Hanako about her father?
(a) Watching t.v.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Making dinner.
(d) Cleaning.

2. What distracts Izzy from posing properly for the photographers at the sericulture session?
(a) One of her new shoes is pinching her foot.,
(b) Mariko is scowling at her.
(c) She feels like she is about to sneeze.
(d) A silkworm starts crawling up her arm.

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

4. What kind thing does Noora do for Glory?
(a) Helps her write an email to their principal about prejudice at school.
(b) Offers to give her a ride to her older sister's house so that she does not have to stay at home.
(c) Calls her to give her an excuse not to talk to her mother's boyfriend.
(d) Stays up late studying with her so that she can pass her government class.

5. What does Noora show Izzy to prove her claim about Makoto's title?
(a) A birth certificate.
(b) A family tree.
(c) A coronation photograph.
(d) A newspaper article.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Izzy say is a best friend's "sacred duty" (3)?

2. Whose music does Izzy choose to play for Akio?

3. Who does Izzy think is "stuffy but kind of hot" when she first sees him? (46)

4. What does Izzy say is special about the connection she shares with her friends?

5. What does Mr. Fuchigami caution Izzy about when she asks about the seating arrangements for the family dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes the Tokyo Tattler to speculate that Princess Izumi is in trouble?

3. What causes Izzy to cry after the sericulture session?

4. In Chapter 18, what does Izzy learn her father will be doing for the next 16 days, and what does she assume that will mean?

5. When Izzy asks her family whether they often see the emperor and empress, what do they respond, and how does Yoshi explain the special status of the emperor?

6. 'Why does Izzy decide to accept Yoshi's offer at the end of Chapter 11?

7. What are some of the drawbacks Izzy points out about her dog, Tamagotchi?

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

9. Why does Izzy say that her cousins were not really wrong when they called her "gaijin"?

10. Why does Izzy say that she has a father but not a dad?

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