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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. What does the narrator think when she sees a photo of Adriaan's wife for the first time?
(a) She is very average-looking.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She looks exactly like a childhood friend of the narrator's.
(d) She is cruel-looking.

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

3. What does the narrator worry the taxi driver in Chapter 5 might think she is?
(a) A foreigner.
(b) A thief.
(c) A translator.
(d) A prostitute.

4. What kind of work does the narrator do?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Practicing medicine.
(c) Interpreting and translating.
(d) Writing.

5. In Chapter 8, what does the first witness called say?
(a) He tells the court the former president's wife is the real villain.
(b) He supports the former president.
(c) He tells the court of his own crimes.
(d) He tells the court that he does not even speak the same language as the former president.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator's closest friend in her new city?

2. What does the narrator recall seeing on a recent trip to Old Town in Chapter 2?

3. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?

4. What does the former president wear in the meeting of the defense team in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 2, what part of the city does the narrator live in?

(see the answer key)

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