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

2. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?
(a) Ethnic cleansing.
(b) Killing his own generals.
(c) Running concentration camps.
(d) Burning down his own seat of government.

3. How does Kees's audacity make the narrator feel?
(a) Deadened and amazed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Aroused.

4. What does Kees tell the narrator in Chapter 10 that upsets her greatly?
(a) Adriaan and Kees once had a romantic relationship.
(b) Adriaan is actually in quite a precarious financial situation.
(c) Adriaan is back in The Hague.
(d) Adriaan has been trying to get back together with Gaby.

5. What does one member of the defense team tell the group in Chapter 9 about the supporters in the gallery?
(a) Their outburst did nothing to help their case.
(b) They likely helped the former president's case.
(c) They might be the basis for a mistrial.
(d) They are welcome there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the narrator about the former president in Chapter 9?

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

3. What does the president begin doing to the narrator in Chapter 13?

4. What does Eline say she and the narrator must do soon?

5. What does Eline say about her own ex-husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's impression of Anton when she first meets him?

3. What is unusual about the food at the gallery opening in Chapter 10?

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

5. 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?

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

7. What does Robert tell the narrator about how she should think about the trials she works on?

8. What story does Anton tell that reflects somewhat poorly on both him and the story's subjects?

9. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin to view the book she bought for Adriaan earlier?

10. What does Amina tell the narrator is Kees's reputation?

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