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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 is startling about Anton's appearance in Chapter 12?
(a) He is in a wheelchair, which the narrator did not expect.
(b) He is badly bruised from his mugging.
(c) His hair is a very stark bleached color.
(d) His head is completely shaved.

2. Who does Jana introduce the narrator to in Chapter 10?
(a) Helen.
(b) Charl.
(c) Anton.
(d) Eline.

3. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?
(a) His beard.
(b) His eye makeup.
(c) His lavish ties.
(d) His hair.

4. What does Amina tell the narrator about Kees?
(a) He has a reputation for being a good mentor.
(b) He has a reputation for financial problems.
(c) He has a reputation for sexually harassing women.
(d) He is meant to be very good at his job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Anton, Eline and the narrator drink during dinner?

2. Who is the narrator shocked to see at the trial she begins working on in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. How does Kees's audacity make the narrator feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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