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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. Where is The Hague physically situated?
(a) On the English Channel.
(b) On the Mediterranean Sea.
(c) On the Dead Sea.
(d) On the North Sea.

2. What does the narrator learn from a stranger about Adriaan not long after the two meet?
(a) Adriaan is rich.
(b) Adriaan is married.
(c) Adriaan has a long history of criticizing interpreters.
(d) Adriaan also works at the Court.

3. What does Adriaan tell the narrator about Kees's personality?
(a) He is always angry.
(b) He is very kind-hearted.
(c) He is conniving.
(d) He is petty and frivolous.

4. Where has the narrator moved to recently in Chapter 1?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) London.
(d) The Hague.

5. What does the narrator say an interpreter might sound like to a layperson at first?
(a) Untrustworthy.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Cold and without inflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator worry the taxi driver in Chapter 5 might think she is?

2. How does Jana say she found out so much information about the crime victim in Chapter 6?

3. What is Kees's relationship with Adriaan's wife?

4. What does the narrator think has been established between Jana and Adriaan in her absence in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 5, who summons the narrator to speak at work?

(see the answer key)

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