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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 Anton say he did in an attempt to bring back some memories of the attack?

2. Who does the narrator arrange to meet at a cafe in Chapter 11?

3. What does Eline say she and the narrator must do soon?

4. What does the narrator tell the former president her job is?

5. What do Anton, Eline and the narrator drink during dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel when she sees Kees in the courtroom in Chapter 8?

2. What is one global issue Eline tells the narrator she is particularly worried about?

3. What impression does the narrator form of how his colleagues regard Kees?

4. What is the narrator's impression of Anton when she first meets him?

5. What is unusual about the food at the gallery opening in Chapter 10?

6. In Chapter 7, what new assignment does the narrator get?

7. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin to view the book she bought for Adriaan earlier?

8. What does the narrator think might have changed in her first meeting with Kees if she had known he was a lawyer at the court?

9. What does Robert tell the narrator about how she should think about the trials she works on?

10. What surprises the narrator about the way the former president behaves in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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