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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. What does the narrator learn from a stranger about Adriaan not long after the two meet?
(a) Adriaan also works at the Court.
(b) Adriaan is married.
(c) Adriaan is rich.
(d) Adriaan has a long history of criticizing interpreters.

2. Why is Adriaan traveling in Chapter 7?
(a) To go to his brother's wedding.
(b) To buy a house outside the country.
(c) To see his sick mother.
(d) To ask his wife, Gaby, for a divorce.

3. What does the narrator buy in Chapter 7?
(a) A new winter coat.
(b) A new phone.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A large, expensive book that is the history of The Hague.

4. When does the narrator have to come in to work in Chapter 5 that is unusual?
(a) The middle of the day.
(b) The middle of the night.
(c) Late morning.
(d) Late afternoon.

5. Where does the narrator work in Chapter 1?
(a) The bakery.
(b) Her father's law firm.
(c) The International Criminal Court.
(d) The European Union headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of her colleague Robert?

2. What feature of her apartment does the narrator use often?

3. Why is the accused so angry in Chapter 5?

4. Where did the narrator first meet Adrian?

5. In Chapter 5, what unusual assignment is the narrator given?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what is one reason the accused is angry, and what question does he ask the interpreter in French?

2. What does Jana say happened outside her building the last time the narrator had visited during the dinner with Adriaan?

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

4. What do many of the defendants at the International Criminal Court share, according to the narrator?

5. How are the narrator and Jana different?

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

7. What does the narrator think of Jana's new neighborhood?

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

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

10. How does the narrator first meet Adriaan?

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