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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. How does Jana say she found out so much information about the crime victim in Chapter 6?
2. What does the narrator recall seeing on a recent trip to Old Town in Chapter 2?
3. In Chapter 5, what do Adriaan and the narrator have for breakfast together?
4. Where does the narrator work in Chapter 1?
5. What does the accused do immediately in Chapter 5 after the officials are done speaking with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 5, what does the narrator worry that the taxi driver might think she is working as?
2. What is a major reason the narrator wants to stay in The Hague?
3. According to the narrator, what does one hear the longer she listens to any one interpreter speaking?
4. Why is the narrator unsettled when she arrives at Jana's for her dinner with Jana and Adriaan?
5. What does the narrator buy at the antique bookshop in Chapter 7?
6. Why does Adriaan ask the narrator not to move to Jana's neighborhood?
7. What does the narrator think of Jana's new neighborhood?
8. What does Adriaan want the narrator to do while he is away, and how does the narrator react to this request?
9. What does translation and interpretation require, according to the narrator?
10. How does the narrator feel about New York City in Part I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the narrator's conversation with her mother from the dunes at the end of the novel seem to affect the narrator's sense of place, purpose, and memory? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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