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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 137 - 182).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What upsets the judges in Chapter 8?
(a) The lack of sunlight in the chambers.
(b) The way the former president falls asleep during his own trial.
(c) The way Amina is starting to falter in translating.
(d) The rowdiness of the former president's supporters in the gallery.

2. What does the accused do immediately in Chapter 5 after the officials are done speaking with him?
(a) Pray.
(b) Fall asleep.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Eat.

3. What does the narrator feel about stability and certainty?
(a) It is helped tremendously by wealth.
(b) It can all crumble in an instant, without notice.
(c) It is the one thing a person can count on.
(d) It is all a matter of opinion.

4. Who has just passed away in the narrator's family?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

5. What is the foundation for any kind of interpreting work, according to the narrator?
(a) A nice voice.
(b) Good eyesight.
(c) The ability to read fast.
(d) Fluency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do interpreters always work against?

2. In Chapter 9, how does the narrator feel when staying in Adriaan's apartment?

3. What does the narrator claim a person will hear the longer he listens to an interpreter?

4. Where did Jana live before moving to the same city as the narrator?

5. What startles Jana and the narrator in Chapter 1 as they eat dinner?

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