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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Adriaan say he expects his trip to take?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two months.
(d) A week, or possibly a bit longer.

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

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

5. How does Jana say she found out so much information about the crime victim in Chapter 6?
(a) Online.
(b) From a friend.
(c) From her ex-husband, a forensic investigator.
(d) From a police officer.

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

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

8. In the end of Chapter 2, who calls the narrator?
(a) Bettina.
(b) Amina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Jana.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Adriaan's note to the narrator say that he leaves for her in the apartment?
(a) Take care.
(b) Please treat the place well.
(c) I will imagine you here while I'm away.
(d) I love you.

14. Who bought the expensive coffee and cappuccino machine in Adriaan's apartment?
(a) Adriaan.
(b) Adriaan's children.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) Gaby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator late for in Chapter 6?

2. Where is The Hague physically situated?

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

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

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

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