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

2. What does Adriaan ask the narrator to do while he is gone?

3. Which colleague of the narrator's is pregnant?

4. In Chapter 2, what part of the city does the narrator live in?

5. What does Jana say is the name of the person who was injured in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the main business in The Hague?

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

5. What does the narrator buy at the antique bookshop in Chapter 7?

6. What does Adriaan offer to do for his first meeting with Jana and the narrator?

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

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

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

10. How does the narrator first meet Adriaan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the narrator find herself feeling so overtly jealous during her dinner with Adriaan and Jana, when Adriaan and Jana meet for the first time? 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

Why does the narrator become so fixated on Anton's assault in Jana's neighborhood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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