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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does the narrator say is never easy?
(a) Moving to a new country.
(b) Singing.
(c) Going to funerals.
(d) Cooking.

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

3. Who does the narrator meet for dinner in Chapter 3?
(a) Helen.
(b) Adriaan.
(c) Bettina.
(d) Kees.

4. What is the nature of the Court, according to the narrator?
(a) It is a very solemn place.
(b) It is a place of high theatrics.
(c) It is a place that is always physically dark.
(d) It is a place rife with politics.

5. What does Jana say she always wanted in her kitchen?
(a) An eating counter.
(b) A microwave.
(c) A wine rack.
(d) Two ovens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the narrator among her fellow interpreters?

2. What does the narrator think of her own apartment?

3. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?

4. What startles Jana and the narrator in Chapter 1 as they eat dinner?

5. Who has just passed away in the narrator's family?

(see the answer key)

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