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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. How does Jana first meet Eline?
(a) They met at work.
(b) Eline is Anton's brother, the man who was attacked outside Jana's apartment.
(c) They are neighbors.
(d) They met at a bar.

2. Who does Eline say is like a father to her children?
(a) Her own grandfather.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her own father.
(d) Her brother.

3. What does the narrator once again remember about interpretation while she is working with the former president and his defense team?
(a) It is nothing she ever pictured herself doing.
(b) It can be thrilling.
(c) It can lead to some funny moments.
(d) It can be profoundly disorienting.

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

5. What happens the first time the narrator speaks to translate at the trial of the former president?
(a) She vomits.
(b) Her voice is too scratchy to be heard.
(c) Her voice trails off.
(d) Her voice wobbles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amina tell the narrator about Kees?

2. What does one member of the defense team tell the group in Chapter 9 about the supporters in the gallery?

3. What is startling about Anton's appearance in Chapter 12?

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

5. What does the witness say she does when she sees the bodies at the school in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, what startles the narrator at work?

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

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

5. In Chapter 7, what new assignment does the narrator get?

6. In Chapter 9, why does the narrator come to understand the former president asks for her specifically?

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

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

9. What is one area of Eline's life that the narrator finds herself envying?

10. What do the former president's supporters do in the courtroom in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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