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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?
(a) Jana.
(b) Amina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Bettina.

2. Where did Jana live before moving to the same city as the narrator?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Barcelona.

3. In Chapter 1, what does the narrator say is never easy?
(a) Singing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Going to funerals.
(d) Moving to a new country.

4. Who did Adriaan's house once belong to?
(a) His parents.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His uncle.

5. Who tells the narrator vital information about Adriaan?
(a) Kees.
(b) Jana.
(c) Helen.
(d) Bettina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, where does Adriaan say he is going to travel?

2. What does Adriaan tell the narrator about Kees's personality?

3. Where is The Hague physically situated?

4. What does the narrator have to translate for the accused in Chapter 5?

5. What is the narrator late for in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adriaan offer to do for his first meeting with Jana and the narrator?

2. What is the main business in The Hague?

3. Why is the accused jihadist late in arriving at the detention center?

4. According to the narrator, what does one hear the longer she listens to any one interpreter speaking?

5. What does Adriaan want the narrator to do while he is away, and how does the narrator react to this request?

6. What happens when the narrator goes to dinner at Jana's in Chapter 1 that jolts them both?

7. What does the narrator buy at the antique bookshop in Chapter 7?

8. How does the narrator find out that Adriaan is married?

9. Why is the narrator unsettled when she arrives at Jana's for her dinner with Jana and Adriaan?

10. What does Bettina ask the narrator to do in Chapter 5?

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