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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 90).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which trial is Amina currently working on in Chapter 3?
(a) That of a former secretary of state.
(b) That of a former militia leader.
(c) That of a former jihadist.
(d) That of a former general from a South American country.

2. What does the narrator recall seeing on a recent trip to Old Town in Chapter 2?
(a) Many cats.
(b) Men picking up cigarette butts from cobblestones.
(c) A lot of dog poop on the street.
(d) Street performers.

3. In Chapter 5, what unusual assignment is the narrator given?
(a) To translate for a famous lawyer.
(b) To come to the detention center in the middle of the night to interpret for a new person accused of crimes.
(c) To clean the bathrooms.
(d) To travel on a plane to translate in transit for a person who is accused.

4. Who has the Court detained in Chapter 5?
(a) A well-known jihadist.
(b) A sitting president of a South American nation.
(c) A former Russian president.
(d) A former secretary of state of the United States.

5. What does the narrator claim a person will hear the longer he listens to an interpreter?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Nuance and variation.
(c) Better grammar.
(d) Derision.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator first meet Adrian?

2. What do interpreters always work against?

3. What milestone has Jana just reached?

4. What does the narrator learn from a stranger about Adriaan not long after the two meet?

5. What kind of work does the narrator do?

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