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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. What does the Crown Prince pay special attention to in Izzy's room?
2. What movie does Izzy quote to Akio in the bamboo forest?
3. Why does Akio feel that he is in Izzy's debt in Chapter 21?
4. What does Izzy think the lanterns look like when the people release them into the sky at the end of Chapter 21?
5. In Chapter 22, what does Izzy confess to Akio she did soon after meeting him for the first time?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are "gimu" and "ninjō"?
2. When Izzy is packing in Chapter 29, what does she tell Mariko about having Mariko as a lady-in-waiting?
3. In Chapter 19, what advice does Mariko give Izzy about the traditional art form she is trying to master?
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. What does Izzy tell Noora about her identity in Chapter 31, and how does Noora respond?
6. Describe the public response to Izzy's magazine interview.
7. Why are both Izzy and Mariko so pleased by the Tokyo Tattler article that comes out after Izzy visits the hospital?
8. 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?
9. In Chapter 32, what does Izzy's father tell her about her relationship with Akio?
10. When they are at dinner in Chapter 21, why does Yoshi tell Izzy that she has changed?
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 motif of flowers in Tokyo Ever After. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Because of the characteristics of the genre, the reader of a romance knows how the story will end very early in the text. Write an essay that explores why a text like this can still be enjoyable to the reader, using Tokyo Ever After as an example.
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