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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. Where do the translators sit during the trials at the Court?
2. What does the witness say she does when she sees the bodies at the school in Chapter 13?
3. What is a distinguishing, and, to the narrator, ridiculous-looking part of Kees's appearance?
4. What does Amina tell the narrator about Kees?
5. What institution is Jana's opening at in Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Jana introduce the narrator to in Chapter 10, and why?
2. In Chapter 10, what does Jana tell the narrator about how she first met Eline?
3. In Chapter 10, what enchants the narrator about the painting she fixates on at the gallery opening?
4. In Chapter 9, why is the narrator growing increasingly nervous about Adriaan?
5. What is one global issue Eline tells the narrator she is particularly worried about?
6. What do the former president's supporters do in the courtroom in Chapter 8?
7. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin to view the book she bought for Adriaan earlier?
8. How does Adriaan respond to the narrator's questions about his trip to Lisbon?
9. In Chapter 10, what does Kees say about Adriaan that unsettles the narrator?
10. What is unusual about the food at the gallery opening in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the narrator find Kees's presence and interactions with her, both socially and at work, so unnerving? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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