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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 one member of the defense team tell the group in Chapter 9 about the supporters in the gallery?
(a) They might be the basis for a mistrial.
(b) They likely helped the former president's case.
(c) They are welcome there.
(d) Their outburst did nothing to help their case.

2. What does the former president say to the narrator when she arrives at the meeting of the defense team?
(a) He tells her she looks tired.
(b) He tells her she looks good that day.
(c) He ignores her, saying nothing.
(d) He thanks her in French.

3. What does Amina tell the narrator about Kees?
(a) He has a reputation for being a good mentor.
(b) He has a reputation for sexually harassing women.
(c) He is meant to be very good at his job.
(d) He has a reputation for financial problems.

4. In Chapter 9, what does Bettina ask the narrator to do?
(a) Go to Singapore.
(b) Go on leave.
(c) Go to a meeting between the former president and his defense team.
(d) Go to the United Nations to translate there.

5. Why is the accused so angry in Chapter 5?
(a) He has just been stabbed.
(b) He has been robbed of all his funds.
(c) He has been made to wear scratchy clothes.
(d) He wanted a translator to speak in Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What upsets the judges in Chapter 8?

3. What does the narrator think of her colleague Robert?

4. What is the main reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?

5. What does the narrator think of her own apartment?

(see the answer key)

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