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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. Why do the Narrator and Robert have to leave the cafe near the Kurfürstendamm?
(a) Violence is breaking out.
(b) Paranoia is building up.
(c) Alarms are going off.
(d) Demonstrations are beginning.

2. When Gartenschläger climbs up and removes a comrade along the border, what does he luckily avoid sniping?
(a) A fence.
(b) A dog.
(c) A guard.
(d) A wire.

3. To whom does Bolle return after double crossing both the BRD and DDR?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The Soviets.
(d) The Americans.

4. What does Pommerer believe that East Germans have more of than West Germans?
(a) Fear.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Commitment.

5. What does the DDR employ along the border that Gartenschläger wants to have?
(a) Invisible mines.
(b) Self-triggering robots.
(c) Invisible fence.
(d) Guard bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pommerer's father leave for him for protection?

2. What is Gartenschläger arrested for stealing?

3. Who helped Pommerer survive the war?

4. When Biermann is exiled, what do his supporters in East Berlin fear?

5. For how much money was Gartenschläger ransomed by the BRD?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Narrator identify with the German people and not politics?

2. What does Robert observe about capitalism when he goes to check car models with the Narrator?

3. What are Lena's relationships with men prior to meeting the Narrator?

4. What does Pommerer observe about the DDR leadership and the reconstruction of East Berlin?

5. Why does Pommerer believe his phone troubles are linked to a protest he did?

6. What first attracts the Narrator to Lena?

7. What amazes the Narrator about his cousin's behavior in Dresden?

8. How is Gartenschläger caught and killed?

9. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views of East and West German workers?

10. How do Robert and the Narrator differ in their view of news reports and their own role in it?

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