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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Eline say she and the narrator must do soon?
(a) Have dinner.
(b) Take Eline's children to the park.
(c) Go to the bookstore together.
(d) Have breakfast.

4. Who goes on maternity leave in Chapter 13?
(a) Amina.
(b) Bettina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Eline.

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

6. What did Anton's attackers take from him?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His wallet, phone, and watch.
(c) His coat.
(d) His diamond ring.

7. Which friends of Anton's does he tell a demeaning story about at dinner?
(a) Jennifer and Sven.
(b) Lars and Lotte.
(c) Helen and Stephen.
(d) Marco and Sally.

8. In Chapter 9, what does Bettina ask the narrator to do?
(a) Go to a meeting between the former president and his defense team.
(b) Go to the United Nations to translate there.
(c) Go on leave.
(d) Go to Singapore.

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

10. What does the witness say she does when she sees the bodies at the school in Chapter 13?
(a) Counts them.
(b) Says a prayer over them.
(c) Covers them.
(d) Takes pictures of them.

11. How many children does Eline have?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

13. What does Kees tell the narrator about the former president's feelings about her?
(a) She makes the former president sad.
(b) The former president is suspicious of her.
(c) She makes the former president angry.
(d) She is soothing to the former president.

14. 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.

15. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin feeling about Adriaan?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry and upset.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eline do for a living?

2. Who does Eline say is like a father to her children?

3. Where do the translators sit during the trials at the Court?

4. In Chapter 8, what does the first witness called say?

5. What is unusual about Anton's cane?

(see the answer keys)

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