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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator often get to work?
(a) By car.
(b) By bus.
(c) By tram.
(d) By boat.

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

3. What does the narrator think of her colleague Robert?
(a) He is reticent.
(b) He is affable and charming.
(c) He is suspicious-looking.
(d) He is always angry.

4. Where has the narrator moved to recently in Chapter 1?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Berlin.
(c) The Hague.
(d) London.

5. Which trial is Amina currently working on in Chapter 3?
(a) That of a former militia leader.
(b) That of a former jihadist.
(c) That of a former general from a South American country.
(d) That of a former secretary of state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has just passed away in the narrator's family?

2. In Chapter 7, where does Adriaan say he is going to travel?

3. Who often gathers outside the Court?

4. Why is the narrator resentful of Jana in Chapter 6?

5. Who has the Court detained in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bettina ask the narrator to do in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 5, what does the narrator worry that the taxi driver might think she is working as?

3. Why is the accused jihadist late in arriving at the detention center?

4. How does the narrator feel about New York City in Part I?

5. In Chapter 5, what is one reason the accused is angry, and what question does he ask the interpreter in French?

6. Why does Kees make the narrator uncomfortable in Chapter 3?

7. What does the narrator think of Jana's new neighborhood?

8. Why does Adriaan ask the narrator not to move to Jana's neighborhood?

9. What is a major reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?

10. What does Jana say happened outside her building the last time the narrator had visited during the dinner with Adriaan?

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