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

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

3. What does the narrator have to translate for the accused in Chapter 5?

4. What is the main reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?

5. What language does the narrator try to focus on deciphering during her commute to work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the main business in The Hague?

9. How are the narrator and Jana different?

10. What happens when the narrator goes to dinner at Jana's in Chapter 1 that jolts them both?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the narrator find Kees's presence and interactions with her, both socially and at work, so unnerving? 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 during her first several months living in The Hague? What is unusual about The Hague as a setting? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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