View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jana say the man who was injured in the crime does for a living in Chapter 6?
(a) Runs a law firm.
(b) Writes.
(c) Performs surgery.
(d) Owns a bookstore.

2. In Chapter 1, what does the narrator say is never easy?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Going to funerals.
(c) Moving to a new country.
(d) Singing.

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

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

5. Who has the Court detained in Chapter 5?
(a) A well-known jihadist.
(b) A former secretary of state of the United States.
(c) A sitting president of a South American nation.
(d) A former Russian president.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the narrator speak to the accused in Chapter 5?

2. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?

3. What does the narrator say an interpreter might sound like to a layperson at first?

4. What does the narrator learn from a stranger about Adriaan not long after the two meet?

5. What is the narrator late for in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample