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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Izzy and Yoshi go after they leave the izakaya?
2. Which of Izzy's cousins introduces Izzy to her fiance at the family dinner?
3. What is Izzy's first reaction when Noora says that she has found Izzy's father?
4. How do the furnishings of her father's office make Izzy feel?
5. In Chapter 2, what does Izzy reveal she has hidden under her bed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What confession about her own insecurities does Izzy trust Akio with in Chapter 13, and what does he confess in return?
2. 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?
3. Which of the things that Hanako has always told Izzy about her father are lies?
4. 'Why does Izzy decide to accept Yoshi's offer at the end of Chapter 11?
5. When Izzy meets her father in Chapter 7, what comment about his fear does her father make, and what story does she share, in return?
6. When Izzy and her mother are saying goodbye, what does Hanako tell Izzy she is proud of her for, and why does it make Izzy feel as if her mother can "see into the dark recesses of [her] soul" (45)?
7. Why is Izzy so filled with regret in Chapter 4?
8. How does Izzy end up making a serious social error at the prime minister's wedding?
9. How does Akio demonstrate his sense of humor in his conversation with Izzy in Chapter 9?
10. What clues are there in the narrative that show the people in the izakaya know exactly who Izzy is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of Izzy's struggle to learn to speak and write in Japanese. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes how Jean creates comedy in Tokyo Ever After. Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
The idea that monarchs are, in a sense, less free than their own subjects is one that has often been explored in literature. Write an essay in which you show how this motif is conveyed in Tokyo Ever After. Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.
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