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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 does Izzy say is special about the connection she shares with her friends?
(a) Her friends are the only ones who understand how hard it is to not know your father.
(b) They can just look at each other and know what the others are thinking.
(c) They can be comfortable with one another because they all speak Japanese.
(d) Her friends are the only ones who do not tease her for being an Asian girl who is bad at math.

2. What does Akio have delivered to Izzy's room?
(a) A clock.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) A radish.
(d) A pizza.

3. What does the expression "newly minted" mean (1)?
(a) Recently refreshed.
(b) Recently made.
(c) Recently grown.
(d) Recently discovered.

4. What floral emblem has her father chosen for Izzy?
(a) The yellow rose.
(b) The white chrysanthemum.
(c) The purple iris.
(d) The pink orchid.

5. As Mariko dresses Izzy and washes her face in Chapter 18, to what does Izzy compare herself?
(a) A baby.
(b) A corpse.
(c) A doll.
(d) A pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What startling information does Noora reveal about Makoto?

2. In Chapter 8, what is Izzy unpleasantly surprised to find out is happening before dinner?

3. When Izzy and her father walk in the garden in Chapter 7, what aspect of royal life does she realize she might struggle to adjust to?

4. What do Izzy and her father have for lunch in Chapter 10?

5. From context, what kind of restaurant is an izakaya?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Izzy's reaction to the tabloid article, and what advice does Akio give her about it?

3. When Izzy tells Akio that she dislikes her security code name, how does he change her mind?

4. How do Izzy's second cousins both deliberately and accidentally make her feel more comfortable at the family dinner in Chapter 8?

5. Why is Izzy torn about her father's proposal that she stay on in Japan a while longer?

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

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

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

9. What does Izzy learn about the former noble families like the Kuge and Kizoku that is directly related to her budding romance with Akio?

10. What is the main point of the April 2 Tokyo Tattler article, and what examples does it give to illustrate this point?

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