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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. What does the narrator claim a person will hear the longer he listens to an interpreter?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Better grammar.
(c) Derision.
(d) Nuance and variation.

2. How did Jana react when the narrator first told her about Adriaan?
(a) Perplexed.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

3. What does the narrator think of her colleague Robert?
(a) He is affable and charming.
(b) He is reticent.
(c) He is suspicious-looking.
(d) He is always angry.

4. Where did Jana live before moving to the same city as the narrator?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

5. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?
(a) His eye makeup.
(b) His beard.
(c) His hair.
(d) His lavish ties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kees do for a living?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Bettina ask the narrator to do?

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

4. What does Kees tell the narrator in Chapter 10 that upsets her greatly?

5. How does the narrator often get to work?

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