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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 is the twins' response to Izzy's attempts to help their mother?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Relief.
(d) Anger.

2. Why does Izzy not receive any phone calls from Japan while she is flying home to California?
(a) She has blocked international numbers on her phone.
(b) The palace is not yet aware of her absence.
(c) She left her phone behind in the palace.
(d) She turned her phone off when she left Tokyo.

3. Why is the interview with Women Now "unprecedented" (300)?
(a) The palace frowns on women's magazines in particular.
(b) Members of the Imperial Family are not supposed to give interviews until they reach the age of majority.
(c) Princesses do not give interviews.
(d) The magazine is not part of the Imperial Press Club.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, where does Izzy run into Akio late at night when she cannot sleep?

2. What offer does Izzy make and Akio refuse when they are walking together in the bamboo forest?

3. When Izzy tells Yoshi that bald eagles are not an option for Sachiko's wedding, what does he suggest she release instead?

4. When the AGG greets Izzy at the airport, what are they holding?

5. When Yoshi asks Izzy how she feels about Kyoto, what does she tell him it is like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Izzy's use of the word "Dad" when she is speaking to her father after her graduation party?

2. What is significant about the title of the Women Now! article?

3. In the Women Now! article, what comments does Izzy make about her relationship with Akio?

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

5. How does Mariko help Izzy get in touch with Akio in Chapter 27?

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

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

8. Why are both Izzy and Mariko so pleased by the Tokyo Tattler article that comes out after Izzy visits the hospital?

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

10. What are "gimu" and "ninjō"?

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