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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the travelers heading west look upon the other travelers as?
(a) Zoo animals.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Friends.

2. What did Kabe claim was too quiet not to jump?
(a) His dreams.
(b) His life.
(c) His friend's death.
(d) His neighborhood.

3. Where have Pommerer's friends in the countryside settled into?
(a) New barns.
(b) Abandoned farm cottages.
(c) Broken down jeeps.
(d) Old industrial buildings.

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

5. What is the remarkable difference between West and East-bound travelers at the Schonefield airport?
(a) Hairstyle and practice.
(b) Expression and clothing.
(c) Noise and serenity.
(d) Singing and dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?

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

3. What structure zigzags through the city of Berlin?

4. What camps are the Eastern boys sent to?

5. What is the name of the Eastern boys' friend that joins them in jumping the Wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kabe outwit both the East and West German governments?

2. What do the artistic neighbors that the Narrator meets with Pommerer in the countryside say about the scientist and the state as compared to writers?

3. What does the woman with bulging eyeballs who visits Pommerer have to say about solidarity?

4. Who is Wolf Biermann, mentioned in Chapter 1, and how is he described?

5. How do the DDR and the Western television reflect bias when it comes to news reporting?

6. What does the Wall symbolize to the West Germans?

7. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

8. What do neighbors in the German countryside gather to discuss that the Narrator observes?

9. How is the difference in the importance of the Wall shown in Western and Eastern maps?

10. How has television affected the culture of the two German societies?

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