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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. Why does Akio feel that he is in Izzy's debt in Chapter 21?
(a) She has asked Mr. Fuchigami to grant Akio some time off.
(b) She has kept the secret she promised to keep in Chapter 20.
(c) She is being kind and friendly to him despite all that has happened between them.
(d) She has arranged medical care for his mother.

2. What game does Izzy end up explaining to her father after her graduation party?
(a) Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
(b) Frisbee golf.
(c) Beer pong.
(d) The Floor is Lava.

3. How will Izzy get to the airport to fly home?
(a) She will get a cab on the highway.
(b) Mariko will call her a car.
(c) Yoshi will drive her.
(d) Yoshi will call her an Uber.

4. What does Izzy ask Jones if he did in order to impress her mother?
(a) Invite all of his friends to the graduation party.
(b) Wear a suit to the graduation party.
(c) Host the graduation party.
(d) Make so much food for the graduation party.

5. Whom does Izzy suspect of spying on her and Akio and arranging the Tokyo Tattler article about them?
(a) Mr. Fuchigami.
(b) Noriko and Akiko.
(c) Yoshi.
(d) Sachiko.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what does Izzy say she suspects about her trip to Kyoto?

2. What movie does Izzy quote to Akio in the bamboo forest?

3. In Chapter 22, what job does Akio reveal is his dream job?

4. What example does Akio give of the conflict between gimu and ninjō?

5. What is the state religion of Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. When they talk in the bamboo forest, what joking reason does Izzy give Akio for a romantic relationship between them being a bad idea, and what serious reason does he respond with?

2. What does Yoshi tell Izzy is the difference between Sachiko's relationship with her fiance and Izzy's relationship with Akio?

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

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

5. When she is standing in her driveway watching her father pull away in Chapter 35, what does Izzy suddenly realize about herself and her identity?

6. What does Reina do that causes Izzy to tell Yoshi that she thinks Reina hates him?

7. What happens between Izzy and Akio during the luncheon in Chapter 26?

8. In Chapter 32, what does Izzy's father tell her about her relationship with Akio?

9. What happens when Izzy goes into the bathroom during the luncheon in Chapter 26?

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

(see the answer keys)

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