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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Kees's audacity make the narrator feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Aroused.
(c) Sad.
(d) Deadened and amazed.
2. What did Anton's attackers take from him?
(a) His wallet, phone, and watch.
(b) His coat.
(c) His backpack.
(d) His diamond ring.
3. How is the food at the reception arranged in Chapter 10?
(a) In a standard buffet-style.
(b) In circles.
(c) In hiding places.
(d) Through frames.
4. What does Jana say she thinks of Adriaan?
(a) He seems arrogant.
(b) He seems too good to be true.
(c) He seems reserved.
(d) He is kind, which is a rarity.
5. What does the president begin doing to the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) Smiling at her.
(b) Nodding at her.
(c) Giving her the thumbs-up sign.
(d) Blowing a kiss at her.
6. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?
(a) Running concentration camps.
(b) Ethnic cleansing.
(c) Burning down his own seat of government.
(d) Killing his own generals.
7. What does the narrator say when Anton asks her if she bought anything in his shop?
(a) She did, and she spent more than she wanted to.
(b) The shop was closed on the day she went.
(c) She did not.
(d) She was going to buy something, but she had forgotten her credit card.
8. In Chapter 12, what big step does the narrator take in her relationship with Adriaan?
(a) She buys a ring for him.
(b) She deletes his number from her phone.
(c) She moves out of his apartment.
(d) She tells him she loves him for the first time.
9. What does Eline tell the narrator she is concerned about in world affairs?
(a) Climate change.
(b) The future of the European project.
(c) The way refugees have been treated lately.
(d) American politics.
10. What is unusual about Anton's cane?
(a) It glows.
(b) It is bright purple.
(c) It is old-fashioned and ornate.
(d) It is very cheap-looking.
11. What happened to the witness for the prosecution in Chapter 13?
(a) She was raped.
(b) Her brothers and father were murdered.
(c) Her entire village was burned.
(d) Her mother was murdered.
12. Who does the narrator arrange to meet at a cafe in Chapter 11?
(a) Anton.
(b) Eline.
(c) Jana.
(d) Helen.
13. What word on the narrator's legal pad does the former president fixate on?
(a) Brutal.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Perpetrator.
(d) Accused.
14. Why does Jana say she has not been in touch with the narrator?
(a) She has been sick.
(b) She has been busy traveling.
(c) The exhibition has taken up all her time.
(d) She has been busy with a new boyfriend.
15. What does the narrator tell Eline when Eline asks if she enjoys working at the Court?
(a) The work is not without complication.
(b) She needs to decide soon whether or not to stay at the Court.
(c) She loves the work.
(d) She really dislikes the work.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kees tell the narrator about the former president's feelings about her?
2. What does Kees tell the narrator in Chapter 10 that upsets her greatly?
3. What surprises the narrator about the witness in Chapter 13?
4. What happens the first time the narrator speaks to translate at the trial of the former president?
5. What does Anton say he did in an attempt to bring back some memories of the attack?
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