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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 91 - 136).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the detention center look different to the narrator in the daylight?
(a) Less sinister than at night.
(b) As if it is made out of more expensive materials.
(c) More secure.
(d) More architecturally solid.

2. What does Adriaan's note to the narrator say that he leaves for her in the apartment?
(a) Please treat the place well.
(b) I will imagine you here while I'm away.
(c) I love you.
(d) Take care.

3. What does Kees tell the narrator about the former president's feelings about her?
(a) The former president is suspicious of her.
(b) She makes the former president sad.
(c) She is soothing to the former president.
(d) She makes the former president angry.

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

5. What does Adriaan ask the narrator to do while he is gone?
(a) Not to talk to the newspapers.
(b) Cook good meals for herself.
(c) Take her own trip to New York City.
(d) Live in his apartment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the narrator resentful of Jana in Chapter 6?

3. What question does Kees ask the narrator in Chapter 9 that unsettles her?

4. In Chapter 2, what part of the city does the narrator live in?

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what is the author's impression of the former president?

(see the answer key)

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