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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 90).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jana say she always wanted in her kitchen?
(a) A wine rack.
(b) A microwave.
(c) An eating counter.
(d) Two ovens.

2. In Chapter 2, what part of the city does the narrator live in?
(a) The gentrifying part of town.
(b) The city center.
(c) By the coast.
(d) In Old Town.

3. What does the narrator think many of the Court's defendants share?
(a) Musical talent.
(b) A kind of magnetism or charisma.
(c) Anger.
(d) Good physical looks.

4. What does Kees do to the narrator in Chapter 3 that makes her very uncomfortable?
(a) Kisses her.
(b) Puts his hand around her waist and plays with her pantyhose through her dress.
(c) Trips her.
(d) Insists they take a taxi together.

5. In Chapter 5, what unusual assignment is the narrator given?
(a) To travel on a plane to translate in transit for a person who is accused.
(b) To translate for a famous lawyer.
(c) To come to the detention center in the middle of the night to interpret for a new person accused of crimes.
(d) To clean the bathrooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Adriaan's wife?

2. What does the narrator say an interpreter might sound like to a layperson at first?

3. What does the narrator recall seeing on a recent trip to Old Town in Chapter 2?

4. What does the accused do immediately in Chapter 5 after the officials are done speaking with him?

5. What does the narrator feel about stability and certainty?

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