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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator worry the taxi driver in Chapter 5 might think she is?
(a) A translator.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A foreigner.
(d) A thief.

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

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

4. What kind of food does Adriaan bring to dinner at Jana's?
(a) French.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Indonesian.

5. What is the nature of the Court, according to the narrator?
(a) It is a place rife with politics.
(b) It is a very solemn place.
(c) It is a place that is always physically dark.
(d) It is a place of high theatrics.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Adriaan supposed to meet for the first time soon in Chapter 4?
(a) Jana.
(b) Bettina.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) Helen.

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

12. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?
(a) Jana.
(b) Bettina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Amina.

13. What is Kees's relationship with Adriaan's wife?
(a) They are good friends.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are neighbors.
(d) They are siblings.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adriaan ask the narrator to do while he is gone?

2. What does Jana compliment Adriaan on that seems ridiculous to the narrator?

3. Where is The Hague physically situated?

4. Why is the accused so angry in Chapter 5?

5. What do interpreters always work against?

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