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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 tell the former president her job is?
(a) To be accurate.
(b) To be objective.
(c) To lie low.
(d) To make the space between languages as small as possible.

2. What does the former president wear in the meeting of the defense team in Chapter 9?
(a) Jeans and a t-shirt.
(b) A very well-tailored suit.
(c) A maroon sweater around his shoulders.
(d) A traditional kaftan.

3. What does one member of the defense team tell the group in Chapter 9 about the supporters in the gallery?
(a) Their outburst did nothing to help their case.
(b) They likely helped the former president's case.
(c) They might be the basis for a mistrial.
(d) They are welcome there.

4. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator barely believe Kees had the nerve to do earlier in the day?
(a) Ask her to dance.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Demean her work in front of everyone at the Court.
(d) Ask her for a drink.

5. What does Eline tell the narrator she is concerned about in world affairs?
(a) Climate change.
(b) American politics.
(c) The future of the European project.
(d) The way refugees have been treated lately.

6. What upsets the judges in Chapter 8?
(a) The way Amina is starting to falter in translating.
(b) The lack of sunlight in the chambers.
(c) The way the former president falls asleep during his own trial.
(d) The rowdiness of the former president's supporters in the gallery.

7. What surprises the narrator about the witness in Chapter 13?
(a) How calm and assured she is.
(b) How fragile she seems.
(c) How old she is.
(d) How short she is.

8. What does Amina tell the narrator about Kees?
(a) He has a reputation for financial problems.
(b) He has a reputation for sexually harassing women.
(c) He has a reputation for being a good mentor.
(d) He is meant to be very good at his job.

9. What does Eline say about her own ex-husband?
(a) He is a wonderful father.
(b) He has never been able to hold a job.
(c) He is worse than useless.
(d) She is still not over the pain of losing him.

10. What does the narrator do at Jana's exhibit in Chapter 10?
(a) Cries.
(b) Goes off on her own to look at paintings in the gallery's permanent collection.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Leaves very early.

11. In Chapter 12, what big step does the narrator take in her relationship with Adriaan?
(a) She deletes his number from her phone.
(b) She buys a ring for him.
(c) She moves out of his apartment.
(d) She tells him she loves him for the first time.

12. Why does Jana say she has not been in touch with the narrator?
(a) She has been sick.
(b) The exhibition has taken up all her time.
(c) She has been busy with a new boyfriend.
(d) She has been busy traveling.

13. How does the detention center look different to the narrator in the daylight?
(a) As if it is made out of more expensive materials.
(b) Less sinister than at night.
(c) More secure.
(d) More architecturally solid.

14. In the end of Chapter 7, whose work will the narrator be taking over?
(a) Amina's.
(b) Bettina's.
(c) Robert's.
(d) Helen's.

15. In Chapter 8, what does the first witness called say?
(a) He tells the court that he does not even speak the same language as the former president.
(b) He supports the former president.
(c) He tells the court of his own crimes.
(d) He tells the court the former president's wife is the real villain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Eline have?

2. What surprises the narrator about the former president in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin feeling about Adriaan?

4. What does the narrator's message to Adriaan at the end of Chapter 10 ask?

5. Who does Jana introduce the narrator to in Chapter 10?

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