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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jana implore the narrator to do at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Be careful on her way to the tram.
(b) Sleep more.
(c) Learn more languages.
(d) Eat more.

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

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

4. What is the cause of the delay in the narrator's work in Chapter 5?
(a) The accused had escaped.
(b) The accused had beaten a guard in a failed escape attempt.
(c) The accused had refused to leave the airplane.
(d) The accused had died.

5. Who is Adriaan's wife?
(a) Bettina.
(b) Helen.
(c) Gaby.
(d) Jana.

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

7. In Chapter 2, what part of the city does the narrator live in?
(a) The city center.
(b) The gentrifying part of town.
(c) By the coast.
(d) In Old Town.

8. What does Kees do for a living?
(a) He is an accountant.
(b) He is an interpreter.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a doctor.

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

10. What does the narrator think of her own apartment?
(a) She likes it so much she would like to buy it.
(b) It is too much space for her.
(c) It is very dirty.
(d) She is being undercharged for it.

11. What is the main reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?
(a) Her job at the Court.
(b) The great food.
(c) Adriaan.
(d) Jana.

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

13. In Chapter 4, how does the narrator sometimes feel in Adriaan's apartment?
(a) Awkward.
(b) As if Adriaan does not want her there.
(c) Sick.
(d) Angry.

14. Where does the narrator travel intentionally in Chapter 7 after Adriaan leaves?
(a) To her favorite pastry shop she would go to with Adriaan.
(b) To Helen's.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To find Anton's bookstore in Old Town.

15. What kind of work does the narrator do?
(a) Writing.
(b) Interpreting and translating.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Practicing medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator buy in Chapter 7?

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

3. What does the narrator have to translate for the accused in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Jana say the police will probably catch someone who committed the crime near her apartment soon?

5. What does Jana say is the name of the person who was injured in Chapter 6?

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