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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 startles Jana and the narrator in Chapter 1 as they eat dinner?

2. Why does Jana say the police will probably catch someone who committed the crime near her apartment soon?

3. What is the cause of the delay in the narrator's work in Chapter 5?

4. Why is Adriaan traveling in Chapter 7?

5. What does the accused do immediately in Chapter 5 after the officials are done speaking with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the main business in The Hague?

3. What is a major reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write an essay describing the tone and language Kitamura establishes through the narrator's voice in the novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrator feel when Adriaan sets off for his trip to Lisbon to try to settle things between him and Gaby, his wife? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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