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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gartenschläger arrested for stealing?

2. Who does the Narrator see in a long gown in his apartment building?

3. Why did Bolle spend 7 years in prison?

4. Instead of raping, what do the foreigners that visit where the Narrator lives in 1945, do instead?

5. Who hires Bolle as a full-time agent after he presents photographs and data from the BRD?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the difference in the experiences that Pommerer and the Narrator have in 1945 with the Russians and Americans respectively?

4. What does Robert think of the police's participation in the violence in town?

5. What are some decadent pleasures that the Narrator enjoys in West Berlin?

6. What is Bolle's ultimate fate after he double crosses both intelligence sides?

7. How is Gartenschläger caught and killed?

8. When the leather-bound storyteller is found to have graffiti, how does he extricate himself from the clutches of the DDR?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The two belief systems of capitalism and socialism are pitted against each other frequently in "The Wall Jumper". Identify examples of each. In what ways is the Narrator attracted to the capitalist system versus the socialist system and vice-versa? Is it surprising that people jump the Wall on both sides? Discuss in relation to the stories shared by the Narrator and Pommerer.

Essay Topic 2

Tensions between certain characters offer insight into unfolding dramatic events. Pick two important individuals that interact with each other in "The Wall Jumper" and discuss their volatile relationship within the context of historical events. How does their conflict advance a theory or effect if any?

Essay Topic 3

Love and sexuality between the Narrator and Lena is a recurring theme. How does the Narrator's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has he expanded his awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for the Narrator? How does his feelings for Lena develop and change and how does his relationship with her contrast with that of other women that he has had romantic feelings for or an idealized relationship with?

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