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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 becomes the narrator's partner in the booth in Chapter 13?

2. What does the narrator decide to do with Adriaan's keys?

3. What does the narrator notice the former president - the accused - wearing at his trial?

4. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?

5. What surprises the narrator about the former president in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eline tell the narrator is her relationship with Anton and his wife Miriam?

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

3. Why does the narrator move out of Adriaan's apartment in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

7. What do the former president's supporters do in the courtroom in Chapter 8?

8. In Chapter 10, what enchants the narrator about the painting she fixates on at the gallery opening?

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

10. In Chapter 10, what does Kees say about Adriaan that unsettles the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the narrator become so fixated on Anton's assault in Jana's neighborhood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator's conversation with her mother from the dunes at the end of the novel seem to affect the narrator's sense of place, purpose, and memory? 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 herself feeling so overtly jealous during her dinner with Adriaan and Jana, when Adriaan and Jana meet for the first time? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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