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

2. What surprises the narrator about the former president in Chapter 9?
(a) He seems to have trouble keeping his temper under control.
(b) He is shorter than she expected.
(c) He can move about freely in the Court.
(d) He is much kinder than she thought he would be.

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

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

5. What does the narrator tell Eline when Eline asks if she enjoys working at the Court?
(a) She loves the work.
(b) She really dislikes the work.
(c) She needs to decide soon whether or not to stay at the Court.
(d) The work is not without complication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?

2. In Chapter 8, what does the first witness called say?

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

4. Why does Kees tell the narrator it is useful for the defense team to have her there?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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