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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many Fridays do the Eastern boys jump the Wall before they are stopped by the West Berlin patrol?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

2. Whose government does the Narrator find more intrusive on citizen privacy?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

3. Who clings together in a new life in the West?
(a) Southern Germans.
(b) East Germans.
(c) West Germans.
(d) Northern Germans.

4. What camps are the Eastern boys sent to?
(a) Army and youth.
(b) Mission and special education.
(c) Juvenile and reformatory.
(d) Intelligence and counterintelligence.

5. Who do the artists in the countryside that the Narrator meets criticize that lost the privilege of going abroad?
(a) A scientist.
(b) A teacher.
(c) An intellectual.
(d) A writer.

6. Who does the Narrator meet in Lena's family in East Berlin?
(a) Her mother and brother.
(b) Her father and sister.
(c) Her mother and sister.
(d) Her father and brother.

7. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jason.
(c) Eric.
(d) James.

8. Who owns the building in which the Narrator lives?
(a) Gentry.
(b) Writers.
(c) Violinists.
(d) Police.

9. What causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?
(a) The Russian coverage of the story.
(b) The American coverage of the story.
(c) The Western coverage of the story.
(d) The Eastern coverage of the story.

10. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?
(a) Berchelstrasse.
(b) Pommerltrasse.
(c) Friedrichstrasse.
(d) Vidleshcstrasse.

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

12. In the Narrator's dream, what does he fall overboard from?
(a) A plane.
(b) A helicopter.
(c) A car.
(d) A boat.

13. Where do Pommerer and the Narrator go to watch jazz?
(a) Friedrichstrasse station.
(b) Hall of Young Talent.
(c) Underground railroad.
(d) Getty museum.

14. What did the Narrator and Pommerer argue about the Commission on Order and Security report?
(a) Whether it was sympathetic to their cause.
(b) Whether it mandated suspicious activity.
(c) Whether it was the same as that under Nazism.
(d) Whether it symbolized the power of their government.

15. How does Kabe fool his government?
(a) He fights their clinics.
(b) He spies on them.
(c) He is unemployed and lives off the state.
(d) He burns their flags.

Short Answer Questions

1. What covers the land six miles out of Berlin that the Narrator notices before they see greenery?

2. On the East German map, what is lacking in the West German side?

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

4. Who rarely meet outside the Narrator's building but can be distinguished by noise?

5. What do the neighbors of Pommerer's friends in the countryside gather to discuss?

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