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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. What does the former president say to the narrator when she arrives at the meeting of the defense team?
(a) He tells her she looks tired.
(b) He ignores her, saying nothing.
(c) He thanks her in French.
(d) He tells her she looks good that day.

2. What is the name of Jana's new exhibit?
(a) Coming Home.
(b) Finding the Way.
(c) Slow Food.
(d) Speeches.

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

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

5. What did Anton's attackers take from him?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His coat.
(c) His diamond ring.
(d) His wallet, phone, and watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do at Jana's exhibit in Chapter 10?

2. How is the food at the reception arranged in Chapter 10?

3. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Bettina ask the narrator to do?

5. Who is Anton's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what enchants the narrator about the painting she fixates on at the gallery opening?

2. What surprises the narrator about the way the former president behaves in Chapter 9?

3. What does the narrator think might have changed in her first meeting with Kees if she had known he was a lawyer at the court?

4. Why does the narrator move out of Adriaan's apartment in Chapter 12?

5. What impression does the narrator form of how his colleagues regard Kees?

6. What story does Anton tell that reflects somewhat poorly on both him and the story's subjects?

7. Who does Jana introduce the narrator to in Chapter 10, and why?

8. How does Adriaan respond to the narrator's questions about his trip to Lisbon?

9. In Chapter 9, what startles the narrator at work?

10. What does Eline tell the narrator is her relationship with Anton and his wife Miriam?

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