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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Izzy's description of the moment she first sees her father reveal her sense of humor?
(a) She describes it like a police interview.
(b) She describes herself like a character in a television drama.
(c) She frames it as a multiple-choice question.
(d) She uses ridiculously exaggerated diction.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Izzy reveal she has hidden under her bed?
(a) A burner phone and cash.
(b) Alcohol and romance novels.
(c) Letters and photographs.
(d) Junk food and cigarettes.

3. What hobby does Izzy say she is going to suggest to Mr. Fuchigami that she take up?
(a) Wrestling.
(b) Drag racing.
(c) Archery.
(d) Falconry.

4. What is Izzy practicing with Mariko at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Bowing.
(b) The names and titles of extended family.
(c) Polite terms of address.
(d) Table etiquette.

5. Where does the nickname that Izzy has given her cousins Noriko and Akiko come from?
(a) A song by rapper Warren G.
(b) Downton Abbey.
(c) A book and movie by Stephen King.
(d) One of the Real Housewives television shows.

6. What term does Hanako not like Izzy to use when referring to her father?
(a) Baby daddy.
(b) Sperm donor.
(c) Bio dad.
(d) Deadbeat dad.

7. When Izzy and her father are walking in the garden in Chapter 7, what does her father tell her is happening because the people of Tokyo are welcoming her?
(a) Chanting.
(b) Horns honking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Fireworks.

8. At the family dinner in Chapter 8, what is Yoshi referring to when he tells Izzy "Well, you did your best" (81)?
(a) Her outfit.
(b) Her attempt to remember names.
(c) Her introduction.
(d) Her table manners.

9. What word is Izzy trying to say when she accidentally says "boobs" in Japanese (91)?
(a) Sleepy.
(b) Apple.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Uncle.

10. What kind of bird does her father tell Izzy about in Chapter 10?
(a) Black grouse.
(b) Cormorant.
(c) Albatross.
(d) Magpie.

11. What is the topic of the book in which Noora finds the note to Hanako?
(a) Organic foods.
(b) Preserving flowers.
(c) Japanese poetry.
(d) Rare orchids.

12. What does Akio tell Izzy commoners were once expected to do when princes and princesses rode past?
(a) Bow.
(b) Avert their eyes.
(c) Stay inside their houses.
(d) Prostrate themselves on the ground.

13. What did Makoto tell Hanako would make him feel like a "tree without sunlight" (26)?
(a) Being disowned by his family.
(b) Not finishing his education.
(c) Staying in America.
(d) Losing his relationship with her.

14. What does Izzy sarcastically suggest that Akio might want to use to keep her under control?
(a) An electronic tether.
(b) A ball and chain.
(c) A shock collar.
(d) A leash.

15. How did Yoshi get Izzy's phone number?
(a) He just asked someone for it.
(b) He hacked into Mr. Fuchigami's computer.
(c) He Googled her.
(d) He went through his sister's phone to find it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Noora show Izzy to prove her claim about Makoto's title?

2. In Chapter 14, what does Akio tell Izzy he has started to understand about her?

3. How did Akio find Izzy at the karaoke bar?

4. When Izzy and her father walk in the garden in Chapter 7, what aspect of royal life does she realize she might struggle to adjust to?

5. What do Izzy and her father have for lunch in Chapter 10?

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