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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What institution is Jana's opening at in Chapter 10?
(a) The National Museum.
(b) The Brandenburg.
(c) The Vandenberg.
(d) The Mauritshuis.

2. How does Kees's audacity make the narrator feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Deadened and amazed.
(c) Sad.
(d) Aroused.

3. What word on the narrator's legal pad does the former president fixate on?
(a) Brutal.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Accused.
(d) Perpetrator.

4. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?
(a) His eye makeup.
(b) His hair.
(c) His beard.
(d) His lavish ties.

5. In Chapter 8, what does the first witness called say?
(a) He tells the court of his own crimes.
(b) He supports the former president.
(c) He tells the court that he does not even speak the same language as the former president.
(d) He tells the court the former president's wife is the real villain.

6. What surprises the narrator about the former president in Chapter 9?
(a) He is shorter than she expected.
(b) He seems to have trouble keeping his temper under control.
(c) He can move about freely in the Court.
(d) He is much kinder than she thought he would be.

7. Who is the artist of the painting that the narrator is transfixed by in Chapter 10?
(a) Holston.
(b) Judith Leyster.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Henry Farinson.

8. Why does Kees tell the narrator it is useful for the defense team to have her there?
(a) It is good for them to have someone who can break the tension.
(b) It is good for them to have someone there who never seems to get too angry.
(c) It is good for them to have someone who can tell a good joke.
(d) It is good for them to gauge her reactions to the content of their conversations.

9. What is one thing the accused in the trial the narrator is about to start translating for has been accused of?
(a) Killing his own generals.
(b) Burning down his own seat of government.
(c) Ethnic cleansing.
(d) Running concentration camps.

10. What does the narrator tell Eline when Eline asks if she enjoys working at the Court?
(a) She loves the work.
(b) She needs to decide soon whether or not to stay at the Court.
(c) The work is not without complication.
(d) She really dislikes the work.

11. What does the president begin doing to the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) Blowing a kiss at her.
(b) Nodding at her.
(c) Giving her the thumbs-up sign.
(d) Smiling at her.

12. At the end of Chapter 8, what is the author's impression of the former president?
(a) He is depleted by his performance at the trial.
(b) He is remorseful.
(c) He is sad.
(d) He is angry.

13. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin feeling about Adriaan?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Angry and upset.
(c) Happy.
(d) Hopeful.

14. What does the narrator say when Anton asks her if she bought anything in his shop?
(a) She was going to buy something, but she had forgotten her credit card.
(b) She did not.
(c) The shop was closed on the day she went.
(d) She did, and she spent more than she wanted to.

15. What happened to the witness for the prosecution in Chapter 13?
(a) Her entire village was burned.
(b) Her mother was murdered.
(c) Her brothers and father were murdered.
(d) She was raped.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jana introduce the narrator to in Chapter 10?

2. Who does the narrator arrange to meet at a cafe in Chapter 11?

3. What did Anton's attackers take from him?

4. Where do the translators sit during the trials at the Court?

5. How does Anton refer to himself that startles both Eline and the narrator?

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