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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. When Yoshi asks Izzy how she feels about Kyoto, what does she tell him it is like?

2. What does the article in Women Now reveal about the empress's background?

3. What is Izzy doing on the train to Kyoto when Chapter 19 begins?

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

5. What song does Akio play for Izzy when she meets him in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mariko help Izzy get in touch with Akio in Chapter 27?

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

4. Describe the public response to Izzy's magazine interview.

5. 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?

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

7. What does Yoshi tell Izzy is the difference between Sachiko's relationship with her fiance and Izzy's relationship with Akio?

8. What is on the paper that Izzy gives Akio when they return to Tokyo in Chapter 23, and what message is she trying to convey?

9. What is significant about Izzy's use of the word "Dad" when she is speaking to her father after her graduation party?

10. How do her friends demonstrate their friendship for and understanding of Izzy when they come with Hanako to fetch Izzy from the airport?

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 makes and defends a claim about the purpose of including the character of Jones in Tokyo Ever After. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.

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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