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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Adriaan want to bring to Jana's?

2. Who is Adriaan's wife?

3. What is the nature of the Court, according to the narrator?

4. When does the narrator have to come in to work in Chapter 5 that is unusual?

5. What does the narrator have to translate for the accused in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Adriaan ask the narrator not to move to Jana's neighborhood?

2. What happens when the narrator goes to dinner at Jana's in Chapter 1 that jolts them both?

3. How are the narrator and Jana different?

4. How does the narrator find out that Adriaan is married?

5. Who regularly protests outside the criminal court's buildings?

6. What does the narrator think of Jana's new neighborhood?

7. What trip does Adriaan tell the narrator he is taking in Chapter 7 that could have major consequences for their relationship?

8. Why is it a significant step for Jana to own her own apartment?

9. What does Jana say happened outside her building the last time the narrator had visited during the dinner with Adriaan?

10. In Chapter 5, what does the narrator worry that the taxi driver might think she is working as?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator's conversation with her mother from the dunes at the end of the novel seem to affect the narrator's sense of place, purpose, and memory? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does the narrator become so fixated on Anton's assault in Jana's neighborhood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the most difficult aspects of translating for the narrator? How does the narrator deal with the stresses of translating? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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