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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was Kabe sent because he jumped the Wall?
(a) Polar extremes.
(b) Constitutional bunker.
(c) Psychiatric evaluation.
(d) Underground cellar.

4. From what direction does Kabe jump the Wall?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Eastern boy that Pommerer tells a story about jumping the Wall?

2. Which is NOT an escape method used by people trying to jump the Wall in the early 1960s?

3. What do Eastern and Western broadcasts emphasize?

4. Who clings together in a new life in the West?

5. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?

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