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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) Sad.
(c) Aroused.
(d) Deadened and amazed.
2. What does the former president say to the narrator when she arrives at the meeting of the defense team?
(a) He tells her she looks good that day.
(b) He thanks her in French.
(c) He ignores her, saying nothing.
(d) He tells her she looks tired.
3. What institution is Jana's opening at in Chapter 10?
(a) The Vandenberg.
(b) The National Museum.
(c) The Mauritshuis.
(d) The Brandenburg.
4. What does the narrator tell the former president her job is?
(a) To make the space between languages as small as possible.
(b) To be objective.
(c) To be accurate.
(d) To lie low.
5. What happened to the witness for the prosecution in Chapter 13?
(a) Her brothers and father were murdered.
(b) Her entire village was burned.
(c) Her mother was murdered.
(d) She was raped.
6. What painting enchants the narrator in Chapter 10?
(a) Henderson.
(b) Man Offering Money to a Young Woman.
(c) The Lighthouse.
(d) The Savior.
7. What question does Kees ask the narrator in Chapter 9 that unsettles her?
(a) Whether she sees much of Adriaan.
(b) Whether she is single.
(c) Whether she wants to have a drink.
(d) Whether she lives in the city or not.
8. What does the former president do as a signal to his own supporters?
(a) Sings the national anthem for them.
(b) Holds his hands up to them.
(c) Gives them a Nazi salute.
(d) Gives them the thumbs up.
9. In Chapter 8, what does the first witness called say?
(a) He supports the former president.
(b) He tells the court that he does not even speak the same language as 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.
10. Who does Eline say is like a father to her children?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her own father.
(c) Her own grandfather.
(d) Her uncle.
11. In Chapter 9, how does the narrator feel when staying in Adriaan's apartment?
(a) Happy.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.
12. What does Kees tell the narrator in Chapter 10 that upsets her greatly?
(a) Adriaan has been trying to get back together with Gaby.
(b) Adriaan is actually in quite a precarious financial situation.
(c) Adriaan is back in The Hague.
(d) Adriaan and Kees once had a romantic relationship.
13. Why does Kees tell the narrator it is useful for the defense team to have her there?
(a) It is good for them to have someone who can break the tension.
(b) It is good for them to gauge her reactions to the content of their conversations.
(c) It is good for them to have someone there who never seems to get too angry.
(d) It is good for them to have someone who can tell a good joke.
14. What does the narrator once again remember about interpretation while she is working with the former president and his defense team?
(a) It can be profoundly disorienting.
(b) It can lead to some funny moments.
(c) It is nothing she ever pictured herself doing.
(d) It can be thrilling.
15. What word on the narrator's legal pad does the former president fixate on?
(a) Brutal.
(b) Perpetrator.
(c) Accused.
(d) Genocide.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who becomes the narrator's partner in the booth in Chapter 13?
2. What happens the first time the narrator speaks to translate at the trial of the former president?
3. What does Eline do for a living?
4. What does Eline say about her own ex-husband?
5. What unpleasant sensation does the narrator begin to get regarding the former president as the trial progresses?
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