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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. What is Kees's relationship with Adriaan's wife?
(a) They are neighbors.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are good friends.
(d) They are cousins.

2. What do interpreters always work against?
(a) Soft speakers.
(b) Bad grammar.
(c) The clock.
(d) Each other.

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

4. What is unusual about the narrator among her fellow interpreters?
(a) She is gregarious.
(b) She is full of humor.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) She is reticent.

5. What language does the narrator try to focus on deciphering during her commute to work?
(a) Dutch.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of the delay in the narrator's work in Chapter 5?

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

3. What does Adriaan's note to the narrator say that he leaves for her in the apartment?

4. Where does the narrator travel intentionally in Chapter 7 after Adriaan leaves?

5. Who does the narrator meet for dinner in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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