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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 feel about stability and certainty?
(a) It can all crumble in an instant, without notice.
(b) It is helped tremendously by wealth.
(c) It is all a matter of opinion.
(d) It is the one thing a person can count on.

2. Why is the narrator resentful of Jana in Chapter 6?
(a) She thinks Jana is taking advantage of her.
(b) She thinks Jana is trying to one-up her.
(c) She thinks Jana lied to her about her neighborhood.
(d) She thinks Jana is flirting with Adriaan.

3. Who often gathers outside the Court?
(a) Students.
(b) Other interpreters.
(c) Police.
(d) Supporters of the defendant.

4. In Chapter 7, where does Adriaan say he is going to travel?
(a) New York City.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Barcelona.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the Court detained in Chapter 5?

2. What does the narrator recall seeing on a recent trip to Old Town in Chapter 2?

3. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?

4. What does Jana say she always wanted in her kitchen?

5. In the end of Chapter 2, who calls the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator first meet Adriaan?

3. What is a major reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?

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

5. What is the main business in The Hague?

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

7. In Chapter 5, what does the narrator worry that the taxi driver might think she is working as?

8. Who regularly protests outside the criminal court's buildings?

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

10. What does translation and interpretation require, according to the narrator?

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