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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. Who is at Eline's house for dinner when the narrator arrives?
(a) Anton.
(b) Helen.
(c) Jana.
(d) Adriaan.
2. What does the former president say to the narrator when she arrives at the meeting of the defense team?
(a) He thanks her in French.
(b) He tells her she looks good that day.
(c) He tells her she looks tired.
(d) He ignores her, saying nothing.
3. In Chapter 9, how does the narrator feel when staying in Adriaan's apartment?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Happy.
4. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?
(a) Killing his own generals.
(b) Burning down his own seat of government.
(c) Ethnic cleansing.
(d) Running concentration camps.
5. What is startling about Anton's appearance in Chapter 12?
(a) His head is completely shaved.
(b) He is badly bruised from his mugging.
(c) He is in a wheelchair, which the narrator did not expect.
(d) His hair is a very stark bleached color.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which friends of Anton's does he tell a demeaning story about at dinner?
2. Who is the artist of the painting that the narrator is transfixed by in Chapter 10?
3. What does Jana say she thinks of Adriaan?
4. What does Anton say he did in an attempt to bring back some memories of the attack?
5. What does the narrator tell Eline when Eline asks if she enjoys working at the Court?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what new assignment does the narrator get?
2. What surprises the narrator about the way the former president behaves in Chapter 9?
3. In Chapter 9, what startles the narrator at work?
4. What is one area of Eline's life that the narrator finds herself envying?
5. What do the former president's supporters do in the courtroom in Chapter 8?
6. What story does Anton tell that reflects somewhat poorly on both him and the story's subjects?
7. What impression does the narrator form of how his colleagues regard Kees?
8. What is the narrator's impression of Anton when she first meets him?
9. How does the narrator feel when she sees Kees in the courtroom in Chapter 8?
10. What is unusual about the food at the gallery opening in Chapter 10?
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