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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 4, how does the narrator sometimes feel in Adriaan's apartment?

2. What does the narrator worry the taxi driver in Chapter 5 might think she is?

3. What milestone has Jana just reached?

4. In Chapter 7, where does Adriaan say he is going to travel?

5. Who has the Court detained in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the narrator and Jana different?

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

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

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

6. What does Bettina ask the narrator to do in Chapter 5?

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

8. How does the narrator feel in Chapter 4 when she stays at Adriaan's apartment?

9. What does translation and interpretation require, according to the narrator?

10. What does Adriaan offer to do for his first meeting with Jana and the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Kitamura describe the narrator's sense of home and belonging in the beginning of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator feel when her texts and calls to Adriaan are met with silence while he is in Lisbon? 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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