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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. After talking with Noriko and Akiko, whom does Izzy suspect of selling her pictures to the tabloids?

2. What argument for their innocence in the exposure of Akio and Izzy's relationship do Akiko and Noriko give?

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

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

5. What hobby does Izzy express interest in when she is speaking with the empress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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 messages that Tokyo Ever After sends about the importance of family. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that compares and contrasts the relationships that Izzy has with her mother and the relationship that Akiko and Noriko have with their mother. Be sure to make a clear claim about the significance of these similarities and differences, and support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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