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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator often get to work?
(a) By tram.
(b) By car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By boat.

2. What milestone has Jana just reached?
(a) Having a first child.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Buying her own apartment.
(d) Joining a church.

3. What does Jana say she always wanted in her kitchen?
(a) A microwave.
(b) An eating counter.
(c) Two ovens.
(d) A wine rack.

4. What startles Jana and the narrator in Chapter 1 as they eat dinner?
(a) A bird squawking.
(b) Sirens from outside.
(c) A knock at the door.
(d) Loud music from above.

5. Why is the narrator resentful of Jana in Chapter 6?
(a) She thinks Jana is flirting with Adriaan.
(b) She thinks Jana lied to her about her neighborhood.
(c) She thinks Jana is trying to one-up her.
(d) She thinks Jana is taking advantage of her.

6. Who is the narrator's closest friend in her new city?
(a) Helen.
(b) Bettina.
(c) Jacqueline.
(d) Jana.

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

8. What does Jana tell Adriaan and the narrator happened the last night the narrator was at her apartment?
(a) Someone was shot and killed.
(b) A man was mugged right outside her door.
(c) A woman was raped.
(d) A bank was robbed.

9. Where does Adriaan ask the narrator not to move?
(a) Spain.
(b) Jana's neighborhood.
(c) Back to New York City.
(d) Singapore.

10. What does the narrator have to translate for the accused in Chapter 5?
(a) His general's accusations against him.
(b) His bank account numbers.
(c) His rights.
(d) His will.

11. When does the narrator awaken in Chapter 6?
(a) Just before 8 pm.
(b) Around 10 pm.
(c) Around midnight.
(d) Early in the morning.

12. What is the narrator late for in Chapter 6?
(a) Dinner at Jana's.
(b) Adriaan's award ceremony.
(c) Work.
(d) Her own wedding.

13. What does the narrator think many of the Court's defendants share?
(a) Good physical looks.
(b) A kind of magnetism or charisma.
(c) Musical talent.
(d) Anger.

14. Why does Jana say the police will probably catch someone who committed the crime near her apartment soon?
(a) The criminals did not seem to know what they were doing.
(b) There were many witnesses.
(c) Because of all the CCTV cameras.
(d) There is a reward for information.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food does Adriaan bring to dinner at Jana's?

2. What does Jana implore the narrator to do at the end of Chapter 1?

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

4. What feature of her apartment does the narrator use often?

5. What does Adriaan tell the narrator about Kees's personality?

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