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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 183 - 225).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens the first time the narrator speaks to translate at the trial of the former president?
(a) Her voice wobbles.
(b) She vomits.
(c) Her voice is too scratchy to be heard.
(d) Her voice trails off.

2. In Chapter 9, how does the narrator feel when staying in Adriaan's apartment?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Suspicious.

3. Why does the former president tell the narrator he liked her at first?
(a) She is very pretty.
(b) She is not truly from the West.
(c) She seemed submissive.
(d) She seemed calm.

4. What unpleasant sensation does the narrator begin to get regarding the former president as the trial progresses?
(a) He likes her romantically.
(b) He is plotting an escape.
(c) He is about to die.
(d) She knows him the best of anyone in the Court or in the city.

5. What is the nature of the Court, according to the narrator?
(a) It is a place rife with politics.
(b) It is a place that is always physically dark.
(c) It is a very solemn place.
(d) It is a place of high theatrics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is startling about Anton's appearance in Chapter 12?

2. Why does the witness in Chapter 13 believe the soldiers spared her?

3. What language does the narrator try to focus on deciphering during her commute to work?

4. What does Eline say when the narrator asks if the CCTV footage showed any clues as to who assaulted Anton?

5. What does the narrator think of her colleague Robert?

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