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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 is the Crown Prince surprised by at the Black Bear Diner?
2. What realization about his life has the Crown Prince come to during Izzy's time in Japan?
3. On page 268, what word does Izzy use to characterize fairy tales?
4. What movie does Izzy quote to Akio in the bamboo forest?
5. How does Izzy feel at the beginning of Chapter 35, when her father is about to leave?
Short Essay Questions
1. After her graduation party, what insecurities about their relationship does Izzy express to her father?
2. What is significant about Izzy's use of the word "Dad" when she is speaking to her father after her graduation party?
3. In Chapter 19, what does Izzy learn that she and Mariko have in common?
4. What arguments does Izzy give for allowing women to inherit the imperial throne?
5. What happens between Izzy and Akio during the luncheon in Chapter 26?
6. How do her friends demonstrate their friendship for and understanding of Izzy when they come with Hanako to fetch Izzy from the airport?
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. What are "gimu" and "ninjō"?
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 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 compares and contrasts Izzy's and Yoshi's circumstances and personalities. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the two nicknames given to Izzy by the press: "Lost Butterfly" and "Iron Butterfly." Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.
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