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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does the narrator try to focus on deciphering during her commute to work?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Dutch.

2. What do interpreters always work against?
(a) Bad grammar.
(b) The clock.
(c) Each other.
(d) Soft speakers.

3. What startles Jana and the narrator in Chapter 1 as they eat dinner?
(a) A bird squawking.
(b) Loud music from above.
(c) Sirens from outside.
(d) A knock at the door.

4. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?
(a) Jana.
(b) Amina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Bettina.

5. In the end of Chapter 2, who calls the narrator?
(a) Amina.
(b) Bettina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Jana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?

2. Where does the narrator work in Chapter 1?

3. What does the narrator learn from a stranger about Adriaan not long after the two meet?

4. What does Adriaan tell the narrator about Kees's personality?

5. What is Kees's relationship with Adriaan's wife?

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