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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. Who did Adriaan's house once belong to?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His parents.
(d) His uncle.

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

3. What does Jana implore the narrator to do at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Sleep more.
(b) Eat more.
(c) Learn more languages.
(d) Be careful on her way to the tram.

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

5. Where does Adriaan ask the narrator not to move?
(a) Jana's neighborhood.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Spain.
(d) Back to New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think many of the Court's defendants share?

2. What does Jana say the man who was injured in the crime does for a living in Chapter 6?

3. What do interpreters always work against?

4. Which trial is Amina currently working on in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 5, what do Adriaan and the narrator have for breakfast together?

(see the answer key)

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