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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Adriaan supposed to meet for the first time soon in Chapter 4?
2. What does the narrator think has been established between Jana and Adriaan in her absence in Chapter 6?
3. What does Kees do for a living?
4. In Chapter 2, what part of the city does the narrator live in?
5. What language does the narrator speak to the accused in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the narrator goes to dinner at Jana's in Chapter 1 that jolts them both?
2. What does Jana say happened outside her building the last time the narrator had visited during the dinner with Adriaan?
3. How does the narrator feel in Chapter 4 when she stays at Adriaan's apartment?
4. What do many of the defendants at the International Criminal Court share, according to the narrator?
5. How does the narrator feel about New York City in Part I?
6. What does Adriaan offer to do for his first meeting with Jana and the narrator?
7. Why does Kees make the narrator uncomfortable in Chapter 3?
8. Why is the narrator unsettled when she arrives at Jana's for her dinner with Jana and Adriaan?
9. In Chapter 5, what does the narrator worry that the taxi driver might think she is working as?
10. How does the narrator first meet Adriaan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Kitamura describe the narrator's sense of home and belonging in the beginning of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Why does the narrator find herself drawn to the dunes at the coast of The Hague in the later parts of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does the former president's parting words to the narrator make her feel, and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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