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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 does the former president do as a signal to his own supporters?
(a) Gives them a Nazi salute.
(b) Sings the national anthem for them.
(c) Gives them the thumbs up.
(d) Holds his hands up to them.

2. What does the witness say she does when she sees the bodies at the school in Chapter 13?
(a) Takes pictures of them.
(b) Says a prayer over them.
(c) Covers them.
(d) Counts them.

3. What does Jana say she thinks of Adriaan?
(a) He seems arrogant.
(b) He is kind, which is a rarity.
(c) He seems too good to be true.
(d) He seems reserved.

4. What do Anton, Eline and the narrator drink during dinner?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Absinthe.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Wine.

5. What unpleasant sensation does the narrator begin to get regarding the former president as the trial progresses?
(a) He likes her romantically.
(b) She knows him the best of anyone in the Court or in the city.
(c) He is plotting an escape.
(d) He is about to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how does the narrator feel when staying in Adriaan's apartment?

2. What does the president begin doing to the narrator in Chapter 13?

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

4. What question does Kees ask the narrator in Chapter 9 that unsettles her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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