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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. Where does Gartenschläger have difficulty living?

2. How do the Western and Stasi superiors differ according to Bolle?

3. How much was Bolle ransomed for by the BRD?

4. What is being torn down in the Narrator's neighborhood via urban renovation?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bolle become a double agent for the DDR?

3. What does a stranger warn Robert and the Narrator about in the cafe and what happens subsequently?

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

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

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

7. What is the similarity in the news reporting of the strike in Poland that both Pommerer and the Narrator observe?

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

9. Describe the Narrator's first encounter with Frieda in his apartment building.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In "The Wall Jumper", Schneider's German society shows a conscious selectivity about technology. What do you think of the technology that Gartenschläger tries to steal? Which aspects do you find more or less appealing? How is technology associated with power and rebellion?

Essay Topic 3

"The Wall Jumper" is written primarily in the first-person point of view of the Narrator. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the third-persona and omniscient perspective?

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