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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 did Anton's attackers take from him?

2. Who does Eline say is like a father to her children?

3. What does the narrator think is the purpose of the defense lawyers touching and talking with the accused?

4. What painting enchants the narrator in Chapter 10?

5. What does the narrator do at Jana's exhibit in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Kees say about Adriaan that unsettles the narrator?

2. In Chapter 9, what startles the narrator at work?

3. What impression does the narrator form of how his colleagues regard Kees?

4. What does Eline tell the narrator is her relationship with Anton and his wife Miriam?

5. Why does the narrator move out of Adriaan's apartment in Chapter 12?

6. In Chapter 9, why does the narrator come to understand the former president asks for her specifically?

7. 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?

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

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

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

How does the narrator react to the young woman who acts as a witness to the former president's crimes? 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

Write an essay describing the tone and language Kitamura establishes through the narrator's voice in the novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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