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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the customs official searching the Narrator's possession?
(a) Because he has to.
(b) To look for illegal substances.
(c) Out of fear.
(d) For fun.

2. When Biermann is exiled, what do his supporters in East Berlin fear?
(a) A ransom.
(b) A ritual of control.
(c) A change in power.
(d) A lack of spontaneity.

3. Who is searching for keys that the Narrator helps and finds lewd?
(a) Robert.
(b) Walter.
(c) Frieda.
(d) Lena.

4. What do the restorers in the Narrator's building debate about the DDR soccer players?
(a) If they will win at swimming.
(b) If they will survive.
(c) If they are trustworthy.
(d) If they will take the gold medal.

5. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?
(a) Drugging guards.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Tightrope walking.
(d) Fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seduces Lena but abandons her?

2. What area does not have land mines according to Pommerer?

3. What do the construction workers in the Narrator's building think that they have a chance of winning in the Olympics?

4. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?

5. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?

(see the answer key)

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