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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator first meet Adrian?
(a) At an alumni event.
(b) An opening at the Kunstmuseum.
(c) Work.
(d) At a bar.

2. What does the narrator recall seeing on a recent trip to Old Town in Chapter 2?
(a) A lot of dog poop on the street.
(b) Many cats.
(c) Men picking up cigarette butts from cobblestones.
(d) Street performers.

3. What does the narrator claim a person will hear the longer he listens to an interpreter?
(a) Derision.
(b) Nuance and variation.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Better grammar.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Adriaan ask the narrator to do while he is gone?
(a) Take her own trip to New York City.
(b) Cook good meals for herself.
(c) Not to talk to the newspapers.
(d) Live in his apartment.

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

10. What does the accused do immediately in Chapter 5 after the officials are done speaking with him?
(a) Eat.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Pray.
(d) Fall asleep.

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

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

13. What does the narrator buy in Chapter 7?
(a) A large, expensive book that is the history of The Hague.
(b) A new winter coat.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A new phone.

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

15. Who tells the narrator vital information about Adriaan?
(a) Kees.
(b) Bettina.
(c) Jana.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the foundation for any kind of interpreting work, according to the narrator?

3. What does Adriaan's note to the narrator say that he leaves for her in the apartment?

4. What does Jana say the man who was injured in the crime does for a living in Chapter 6?

5. What startles Jana and the narrator in Chapter 1 as they eat dinner?

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