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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. What does the narrator think of her own apartment?

2. What is one thing that first drew the narrator to Adriaan?

3. What kind of food does Adriaan bring to dinner at Jana's?

4. Who does the narrator meet for dinner in Chapter 3?

5. What is the narrator late for in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main business in The Hague?

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

3. How are the narrator and Jana different?

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

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator feel about New York City in Part I?

9. In Chapter 5, what is one reason the accused is angry, and what question does he ask the interpreter in French?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why and when does the narrator come to feel that the person she most understands is the former president who is on trial in The Hague, following Adriaan's departure to Lisbon? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does seeing Anton with a woman who he is obviously having an affair with seem to affect the narrator's feelings about her own tenuous relationship with Adriaan? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are the major sources of the narrator's discomfort during her first assignment with the well-known jihadist at the detention center at the beginning of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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