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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. In Chapter 12, what big step does the narrator take in her relationship with Adriaan?

2. What does Eline do for a living?

3. Who goes on maternity leave in Chapter 13?

4. How is the food at the reception arranged in Chapter 10?

5. Who is at Eline's house for dinner when the narrator arrives?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What story does Anton tell that reflects somewhat poorly on both him and the story's subjects?

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

Why does the narrator find herself drawn to the dunes at the coast of The Hague in the later parts of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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