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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 send Izzy in Chapter 37?
(a) A key chain.
(b) An orchid.
(c) An iris.
(d) A radish.

2. What draws Izzy's attention to the bathroom where Midori is?
(a) The absence of the twins from the luncheon.
(b) She just happens to be looking for the bathroom.
(c) The sound of moaning.
(d) The twins' ladies-in-waiting guarding the door.

3. On page 268, what word does Izzy use to characterize fairy tales?
(a) "Cruel."
(b) "Childish."
(c) "Bull."
(d) "Heartbreaking."

4. What realization about his life has the Crown Prince come to during Izzy's time in Japan?
(a) He needs to learn more about how to parent a teenager.
(b) He wants to advocate for changing some imperial restrictions and traditions.
(c) He misses the person he was when he was with her mother.
(d) He does not really want to be the emperor of Japan someday.

5. What movie does Izzy quote to Akio in the bamboo forest?
(a) The Lion King.
(b) The Princess Diaries.
(c) The Avengers.
(d) Seven Samurai.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a loud noise that sounds like gunfire is heard at the hospital, what does Izzy immediately do?

2. In Chapter 29, how long does Izzy wait for Akio before giving up?

3. How will Izzy get to the airport to fly home?

4. What do both Izzy and her mother accuse one another of at the Black Bear Diner?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What arguments does Izzy give for allowing women to inherit the imperial throne?

2. How do her friends demonstrate their friendship for and understanding of Izzy when they come with Hanako to fetch Izzy from the airport?

3. In Chapter 19, what does Izzy learn that she and Mariko have in common?

4. What is the usual protocol for greeting the public on the emperor's birthday, and what actually ends up happening instead?

5. In Chapter 19, what advice does Mariko give Izzy about the traditional art form she is trying to master?

6. What is on the paper that Akio gives Izzy in the train in Chapter 23, and what message is he trying to convey?

7. When Izzy is packing in Chapter 29, what does she tell Mariko about having Mariko as a lady-in-waiting?

8. What reasons does the Prince give for coming to Mount Shasta, and what does he also hope to accomplish while he is there?

9. Describe the public response to Izzy's magazine interview.

10. In Izzy's text to Noora in Chapter 29, what does she imply she thinks is keeping Akio from meeting her?

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