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

2. What personal information does the narrator share with Eline in the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Her mother has just died.
(b) She has diabetes.
(c) She is an only child.
(d) She has survived cancer.

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

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

5. What does the president begin doing to the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) Giving her the thumbs-up sign.
(b) Nodding at her.
(c) Smiling at her.
(d) Blowing a kiss at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?

2. What happens the first time the narrator speaks to translate at the trial of the former president?

3. What is unusual about Anton's cane?

4. What does Kees tell the narrator in Chapter 10 that upsets her greatly?

5. Which friends of Anton's does he tell a demeaning story about at dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, what does Kees say about Adriaan that unsettles the narrator?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 9, why is the narrator growing increasingly nervous about Adriaan?

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