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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Akio have delivered to Izzy's room?
(a) A dictionary.
(b) A radish.
(c) A pizza.
(d) A clock.

2. Where are Izzy and her friends at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) At Glory's house.
(b) At school.
(c) At the library.
(d) At a diner.

3. What is an "NDA," like the one Izzy had to sign?
(a) A document agreeing to give up a financial settlement.
(b) A document that prohibits sharing confidential information.
(c) A document that changes a person's citizenship.
(d) A document that acknowledges someone's paternity.

4. What is ironic about Izzy's mother's makeup collection?
(a) Izzy's mother does not actually ever wear any of the makeup.
(b) It is all brands of makeup that teenagers usually wear, but Izzy is not allowed to wear makeup.
(c) Izzy's mother bought the makeup to wear to a job that she quit after three days.
(d) It is very expensive, but Izzy's mother is usually very careful with money.

5. When Izzy thinks about Mount Shasta in order to calm her nerves before leaving for the wedding, what does she remember?
(a) Her mother is proud of her for taking this chance.
(b) She is missing her graduation ceremony.
(c) The AGG will want to know every detail of this evening.
(d) Her senior prom is scheduled for that weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Izzy doing when Yoshi texts her in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Izzy finally get a chance to talk with her father about?

3. Which of Izzy's cousins introduces Izzy to her fiance at the family dinner?

4. What does the expression "newly minted" mean (1)?

5. At the airport, what item given to her by Ambassador Saito does Hanako remind Izzy about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Izzy's enjoyment of the sparkling cider trigger a feeling of frustration in her father?

2. How does Izzy end up making a serious social error at the prime minister's wedding?

3. Which of the things that Hanako has always told Izzy about her father are lies?

4. What confession about her own insecurities does Izzy trust Akio with in Chapter 13, and what does he confess in return?

5. What are Izzy's first impressions of Tokyo?

6. What is the main point of the April 2 Tokyo Tattler article, and what examples does it give to illustrate this point?

7. What clues are there in the narrative that show the people in the izakaya know exactly who Izzy is?

8. What does Izzy learn about the former noble families like the Kuge and Kizoku that is directly related to her budding romance with Akio?

9. Why does Izzy feel awkward and insufficient when people ask her where she comes from?

10. When Izzy and her mother are saying goodbye, what does Hanako tell Izzy she is proud of her for, and why does it make Izzy feel as if her mother can "see into the dark recesses of [her] soul" (45)?

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