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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. Who is Adriaan's wife?

2. What feature of her apartment does the narrator use often?

3. Where did the narrator first meet Adrian?

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

5. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adriaan want the narrator to do while he is away, and how does the narrator react to this request?

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

3. What do many of the defendants at the International Criminal Court share, according to the narrator?

4. What is the main business in The Hague?

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

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

7. What does the narrator buy at the antique bookshop in Chapter 7?

8. Why is the accused jihadist late in arriving at the detention center?

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

10. According to the narrator, what does one hear the longer she listens to any one interpreter speaking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator react to the young woman who acts as a witness to the former president's crimes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does the narrator find herself feeling so overtly jealous during her dinner with Adriaan and Jana, when Adriaan and Jana meet for the first time? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Does Adriaan offer enough of an explanation for his former silences to satisfy the narrator - and the reader - at the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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