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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature of her apartment does the narrator use often?
(a) The balcony.
(b) The two ovens.
(c) The gym downstairs.
(d) The fancy heated floors in the bathroom.

2. What does Kees do to the narrator in Chapter 3 that makes her very uncomfortable?
(a) Insists they take a taxi together.
(b) Trips her.
(c) Puts his hand around her waist and plays with her pantyhose through her dress.
(d) Kisses her.

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 5, what do Adriaan and the narrator have for breakfast together?
(a) Toast.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Cheese and bread.
(d) Chocolate.

8. What does the narrator think has been established between Jana and Adriaan in her absence in Chapter 6?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Some kind of intimacy.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Anger.

9. What is unusual about the narrator among her fellow interpreters?
(a) She is reticent.
(b) She is gregarious.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) She is full of humor.

10. Where has the narrator moved to recently in Chapter 1?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Berlin.
(c) The Hague.
(d) London.

11. 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.

12. Who did Adriaan's house once belong to?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His parents.
(d) His uncle.

13. What language does the narrator try to focus on deciphering during her commute to work?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Dutch.

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

15. Where does the narrator work in Chapter 1?
(a) The bakery.
(b) The European Union headquarters.
(c) Her father's law firm.
(d) The International Criminal Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what unusual assignment is the narrator given?

2. What does the narrator worry the taxi driver in Chapter 5 might think she is?

3. What is the cause of the delay in the narrator's work in Chapter 5?

4. What does the narrator buy in Chapter 7?

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

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