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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. Where do the translators sit during the trials at the Court?
(a) The booth on the mezzanine.
(b) Behind the judges' benches.
(c) The basement.
(d) The first floor.

2. What upsets the judges in Chapter 8?
(a) The lack of sunlight in the chambers.
(b) The rowdiness of the former president's supporters in the gallery.
(c) The way the former president falls asleep during his own trial.
(d) The way Amina is starting to falter in translating.

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

4. In Chapter 12, what big step does the narrator take in her relationship with Adriaan?
(a) She buys a ring for him.
(b) She tells him she loves him for the first time.
(c) She moves out of his apartment.
(d) She deletes his number from her phone.

5. How many children does Eline have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jana say she thinks of Adriaan?

2. What does Anton say he did in an attempt to bring back some memories of the attack?

3. In the end of Chapter 7, whose work will the narrator be taking over?

4. What painting enchants the narrator in Chapter 10?

5. What does the former president wear in the meeting of the defense team in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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