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

2. Who does Izzy think is "stuffy but kind of hot" when she first sees him? (46)
(a) Akio Kobayashi.
(b) Prime Minister Adachi.
(c) Prince Yoshihito.
(d) Mr. Fuchigami.

3. When Izzy thinks about Mount Shasta in order to calm her nerves before leaving for the wedding, what does she remember?
(a) Her mother is proud of her for taking this chance.
(b) The AGG will want to know every detail of this evening.
(c) She is missing her graduation ceremony.
(d) Her senior prom is scheduled for that weekend.

4. What is an "NDA," like the one Izzy had to sign?
(a) A document that changes a person's citizenship.
(b) A document that acknowledges someone's paternity.
(c) A document agreeing to give up a financial settlement.
(d) A document that prohibits sharing confidential information.

5. What does Mr. Fuchigami caution Izzy about when she asks about the seating arrangements for the family dinner?
(a) She must find a way to impress on her family members how grateful she is to her father.
(b) She must remember to converse only with female members of the family.
(c) She must be very careful about what she says about the emperor and empress.
(d) She must not show favoritism toward any one person or part of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What startling information does Noora reveal about Makoto?

2. Why does Izzy's mother start to cry when they are talking on the phone at the end of Chapter 18?

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

4. Where does Izzy think that Mokoto is in the first picture of him that Noora shows her?

5. What does Izzy spend most of her flight to Tokyo doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Izzy say that her neighbor's favorite t-shirt is a "lie" (6)?

4. 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?

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

6. What clues are there in the narrative that show the people in the izakaya know exactly who Izzy is?

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

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

10. What are Izzy's first impressions of Tokyo?

(see the answer keys)

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