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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. Which friends of Anton's does he tell a demeaning story about at dinner?
(a) Jennifer and Sven.
(b) Lars and Lotte.
(c) Helen and Stephen.
(d) Marco and Sally.

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

3. What does Kees tell the narrator about the former president's feelings about her?
(a) She is soothing to the former president.
(b) The former president is suspicious of her.
(c) She makes the former president sad.
(d) She makes the former president angry.

4. Who does the narrator arrange to meet at a cafe in Chapter 11?
(a) Anton.
(b) Helen.
(c) Eline.
(d) Jana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one member of the defense team tell the group in Chapter 9 about the supporters in the gallery?

2. What does the narrator tell the former president her job is?

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

4. How is the food at the reception arranged in Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Adriaan respond to the narrator's questions about his trip to Lisbon?

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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