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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. How does the detention center look different to the narrator in the daylight?

2. What did Anton's attackers take from him?

3. What does the witness say she does when she sees the bodies at the school in Chapter 13?

4. Where do the translators sit during the trials at the Court?

5. What question does Kees ask the narrator in Chapter 9 that unsettles her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Jana introduce the narrator to in Chapter 10, and why?

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

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

6. In Chapter 10, what does Jana tell the narrator about how she first met Eline?

7. What is one area of Eline's life that the narrator finds herself envying?

8. In Chapter 9, what startles the narrator at work?

9. In Chapter 9, why is the narrator growing increasingly nervous about Adriaan?

10. How does Adriaan respond to the narrator's questions about his trip to Lisbon?

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

What are some of the most difficult aspects of translating for the narrator? How does the narrator deal with the stresses of translating? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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