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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 91 - 136).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Jana call the narrator to ask?
(a) If she has made it home safely.
(b) If she can loan Jana money.
(c) If she can bring biscuits later.
(d) If she is going to travel to the United States any time soon.

2. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?
(a) Burning down his own seat of government.
(b) Killing his own generals.
(c) Running concentration camps.
(d) Ethnic cleansing.

3. When does the narrator awaken in Chapter 6?
(a) Around midnight.
(b) Early in the morning.
(c) Just before 8 pm.
(d) Around 10 pm.

4. In the end of Chapter 7, whose work will the narrator be taking over?
(a) Amina's.
(b) Robert's.
(c) Helen's.
(d) Bettina's.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Bettina ask the narrator to do?
(a) Go to the United Nations to translate there.
(b) Go to Singapore.
(c) Go on leave.
(d) Go to a meeting between the former president and his defense team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Kees ask the narrator in Chapter 9 that unsettles her?

2. Where has the narrator moved to recently in Chapter 1?

3. Who is the artist of the painting that the narrator is transfixed by in Chapter 10?

4. What do interpreters always work against?

5. Where does Adriaan ask the narrator not to move?

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