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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 bought the expensive coffee and cappuccino machine in Adriaan's apartment?

2. Why is the accused so angry in Chapter 5?

3. What is unusual about the narrator among her fellow interpreters?

4. What does the narrator feel about stability and certainty?

5. Where did the narrator first meet Adrian?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the narrator unsettled when she arrives at Jana's for her dinner with Jana and Adriaan?

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

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

5. Why does Kees make the narrator uncomfortable in Chapter 3?

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

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

8. What is the main business in The Hague?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What does the narrator like about Eline, once she gets to know Eline better? Why does the narrator suspect the two of them will possibly become quite good friends? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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