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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. Who is the narrator shocked to see at the trial she begins working on in Chapter 7?
(a) Adriaan.
(b) Jana.
(c) Helen.
(d) Kees.

2. Who is Anton's wife?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Helen.
(d) Lotte.

3. What does Anton say he did in an attempt to bring back some memories of the attack?
(a) Went to a therapist.
(b) Went to a sketch artist.
(c) Went to a hypnotist.
(d) Went to a massage parlor.

4. What happened to the witness for the prosecution in Chapter 13?
(a) Her brothers and father were murdered.
(b) Her entire village was burned.
(c) Her mother was murdered.
(d) She was raped.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jana say she has not been in touch with the narrator?

2. What surprises the narrator about the witness in Chapter 13?

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

4. What does the narrator once again remember about interpretation while she is working with the former president and his defense team?

5. What does Anton remember most vividly about his mugging?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think might have changed in her first meeting with Kees if she had known he was a lawyer at the court?

2. What is one global issue Eline tells the narrator she is particularly worried about?

3. How does the narrator feel when she sees Kees in the courtroom in Chapter 8?

4. What does Eline tell the narrator is her relationship with Anton and his wife Miriam?

5. What impression does the narrator form of how his colleagues regard Kees?

6. Why does the narrator move out of Adriaan's apartment in Chapter 12?

7. In Chapter 10, what does Jana tell the narrator about how she first met Eline?

8. Who does Jana introduce the narrator to in Chapter 10, and why?

9. In Chapter 10, what enchants the narrator about the painting she fixates on at the gallery opening?

10. What surprises the narrator about the way the former president behaves in Chapter 9?

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