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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 does the narrator once again remember about interpretation while she is working with the former president and his defense team?
(a) It can lead to some funny moments.
(b) It is nothing she ever pictured herself doing.
(c) It can be profoundly disorienting.
(d) It can be thrilling.

2. What does the narrator notice the former president - the accused - wearing at his trial?
(a) A flag pin.
(b) A navy suit.
(c) A polo shirt.
(d) A tacky t-shirt.

3. Who bought the expensive coffee and cappuccino machine in Adriaan's apartment?
(a) Gaby.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) Adriaan's children.
(d) Adriaan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the food at the reception arranged in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Jana call the narrator to ask?

3. What does the narrator think many of the Court's defendants share?

4. How does the detention center look different to the narrator in the daylight?

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

(see the answer key)

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