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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Bolle spend 7 years in prison?
(a) For breaking the DDR border restriction rule.
(b) For being a metal worker.
(c) For stealing tires.
(d) For lying to the police.

2. What do the masked people use to break the glass of storefronts near the Kurfürstendamm?
(a) Canes.
(b) Stones.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Books.

3. Who is the stranger that comes to talk to Pommerer in the bar and buys a round of drinks?
(a) A shipping clerk.
(b) A DDR spy.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A BRD official.

4. What does the Narrator notice has been removed from all the vehicles in the West?
(a) LB insignia.
(b) AC insignia.
(c) FD insignia.
(d) VW insignia.

5. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?
(a) A broken down villa.
(b) An old stately mansion.
(c) A generations-old family house.
(d) A courthouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being torn down in the Narrator's neighborhood via urban renovation?

2. In West Germany, what does Bolle find that no one is willing to join him in doing?

3. What must Bolle learn in the West to earn the right he forfeited earlier?

4. Instead of outsmarting the State, what did Biermann do that evoked criticism from his peers?

5. Where have Pommerer's friends in the countryside settled into?

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