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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. What question does Kees ask the narrator in Chapter 9 that unsettles her?

2. What does one member of the defense team tell the group in Chapter 9 about the supporters in the gallery?

3. What does Jana say she thinks of Adriaan?

4. What happens the first time the narrator speaks to translate at the trial of the former president?

5. In Chapter 12, what big step does the narrator take in her relationship with Adriaan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, how does the narrator begin to view the book she bought for Adriaan earlier?

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

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 7, what new assignment does the narrator get?

6. In Chapter 10, what does Jana tell the narrator about how she first met Eline?

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

8. What do the former president's supporters do in the courtroom in Chapter 8?

9. What is one area of Eline's life that the narrator finds herself envying?

10. In Chapter 9, why is the narrator growing increasingly nervous about Adriaan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does seeing Anton with a woman who he is obviously having an affair with seem to affect the narrator's feelings about her own tenuous relationship with Adriaan? 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

What are some of the most difficult aspects of translating for the narrator? How does the narrator deal with the stresses of translating? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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