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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. Who is Adriaan supposed to meet for the first time soon in Chapter 4?
(a) Helen.
(b) Bettina.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) Jana.

2. In Chapter 5, who summons the narrator to speak at work?
(a) Robert.
(b) Helen.
(c) Amina.
(d) Bettina.

3. What does the narrator buy in Chapter 7?
(a) A new winter coat.
(b) A new phone.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A large, expensive book that is the history of The Hague.

4. Who is the narrator's closest friend in her new city?
(a) Bettina.
(b) Jacqueline.
(c) Helen.
(d) Jana.

5. Who often gathers outside the Court?
(a) Other interpreters.
(b) Supporters of the defendant.
(c) Police.
(d) Students.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Adriaan traveling in Chapter 7?

3. Who does the narrator meet for dinner in Chapter 3?

4. Where did the narrator first meet Adrian?

5. What kind of work does the narrator do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the narrator and Jana different?

2. Who regularly protests outside the criminal court's buildings?

3. What happens when the narrator goes to dinner at Jana's in Chapter 1 that jolts them both?

4. How does the narrator first meet Adriaan?

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

6. How does the narrator feel in Chapter 4 when she stays at Adriaan's apartment?

7. According to the narrator, what does one hear the longer she listens to any one interpreter speaking?

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

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

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

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