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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how does the narrator feel when staying in Adriaan's apartment?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

2. Who is at Eline's house for dinner when the narrator arrives?
(a) Adriaan.
(b) Jana.
(c) Anton.
(d) Helen.

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

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

5. What is the name of Jana's new exhibit?
(a) Slow Food.
(b) Finding the Way.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Coming Home.

6. What does the former president do as a signal to his own supporters?
(a) Gives them a Nazi salute.
(b) Holds his hands up to them.
(c) Gives them the thumbs up.
(d) Sings the national anthem for them.

7. How does Jana first meet Eline?
(a) Eline is Anton's brother, the man who was attacked outside Jana's apartment.
(b) They are neighbors.
(c) They met at a bar.
(d) They met at work.

8. What does the narrator tell Eline when Eline asks if she enjoys working at the Court?
(a) She needs to decide soon whether or not to stay at the Court.
(b) She loves the work.
(c) She really dislikes the work.
(d) The work is not without complication.

9. What institution is Jana's opening at in Chapter 10?
(a) The Brandenburg.
(b) The Mauritshuis.
(c) The National Museum.
(d) The Vandenberg.

10. What does the president begin doing to the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) Nodding at her.
(b) Blowing a kiss at her.
(c) Smiling at her.
(d) Giving her the thumbs-up sign.

11. What does Kees tell the narrator in Chapter 10 that upsets her greatly?
(a) Adriaan and Kees once had a romantic relationship.
(b) Adriaan has been trying to get back together with Gaby.
(c) Adriaan is back in The Hague.
(d) Adriaan is actually in quite a precarious financial situation.

12. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?
(a) His eye makeup.
(b) His hair.
(c) His lavish ties.
(d) His beard.

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

14. 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.

15. What does Eline do for a living?
(a) Translator.
(b) Writer.
(c) Art history professor.
(d) Singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator notice the former president - the accused - wearing at his trial?

2. What does the narrator say when Anton asks her if she bought anything in his shop?

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

4. How is the food at the reception arranged in Chapter 10?

5. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?

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