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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. How did Shirasu's father die?

2. What does Izzy notice about her duffel bag when she is packing?

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

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

5. What gift does the Crown Prince give Izzy when she returns to Tokyo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 33, what details make it clear that the Crown Prince and Hanako are rekindling their romance?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the motif of inherited duty in Tokyo Ever After. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about theme in Tokyo Ever After. Support your ideas with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes how Jean creates comedy in Tokyo Ever After. Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.

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