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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator think when she sees a photo of Adriaan's wife for the first time?
(a) She is very average-looking.
(b) She looks exactly like a childhood friend of the narrator's.
(c) She is cruel-looking.
(d) She is beautiful.

3. Why is Adriaan traveling in Chapter 7?
(a) To go to his brother's wedding.
(b) To ask his wife, Gaby, for a divorce.
(c) To buy a house outside the country.
(d) To see his sick mother.

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator say an interpreter might sound like to a layperson at first?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Cold and without inflection.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Untrustworthy.

8. Why is the accused so angry in Chapter 5?
(a) He has just been stabbed.
(b) He wanted a translator to speak in Arabic.
(c) He has been made to wear scratchy clothes.
(d) He has been robbed of all his funds.

9. 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 woman was raped.
(c) A man was mugged right outside her door.
(d) A bank was robbed.

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

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

12. What does Adriaan tell the narrator about Kees's personality?
(a) He is conniving.
(b) He is always angry.
(c) He is very kind-hearted.
(d) He is petty and frivolous.

13. In Chapter 6, what does Adriaan want to bring to Jana's?
(a) Tools.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

14. In Chapter 7, where does Adriaan say he is going to travel?
(a) New York City.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Lisbon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator buy in Chapter 7?

2. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?

3. In Chapter 5, what do Adriaan and the narrator have for breakfast together?

4. What is unusual about the narrator among her fellow interpreters?

5. Where does Adriaan ask the narrator not to move?

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