Forgot your password?  
| | | | | |
  Sign up for your free account today!  
Related Topics
Peter Schneider (writer)

The Wall Jumper: A Novel Quiz

Peter Schneider (writer)
This Study Guide consists of approximately 55 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Wall Jumper.

The Wall Jumper: A Novel Quiz

Students: Take our free The Wall Jumper: A Novel quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Teachers: The BookRags Lesson Plan contains hundreds of test and quiz questions, including multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. Create your own quiz or test with our automatic test generator, or choose from our ready-to-go chapter quizzes, midterm tests, and final exams. Don’t waste time reinventing the wheel, get the Lesson Plan today!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

1)

What do the neighbors of Pommerer's friends in the countryside gather to discuss? (from Chapter 2)

Food and cooking.
Guests and strangers.
Politics and the environment.
Art and literature.
2)

What is refunded to the Narrator because he is smart-alecky at the border crossing? (from Chapter 5)

His clothes.
His fees.
His papers.
His comforts.
3)

What is an indulgent pleasure that the Narrator likes to do in West Berlin? (from Chapter 3)

Drive fast.
Eat hamburgers.
Have chocolate.
Drink beer.
4)

What did the Narrator and Pommerer argue about the Commission on Order and Security report? (from Chapter 2)

Whether it was sympathetic to their cause.
Whether it symbolized the power of their government.
Whether it mandated suspicious activity.
Whether it was the same as that under Nazism.
5)

When Bolle offered his services to the US Army for counterintelligence, what happened? (from Chapter 3)

He was captured.
He became a double agent.
They turned him down.
He became a spy.
6)

Where does Bolle erect his device to preach war against the Wall? (from Chapter 3)

His underground station.
His Kreuzberg garret.
His suburban paradise.
His Roman villa.
7)

What does the Narrator talk to the customs man about? (from Chapter 5)

Stealing cars.
Cheating on spouses.
Breaking into banks.
Finding contraband.
8)

What is the Narrator fearful of in the last paragraphs of the book? (from Chapter 5)

Adventure.
People.
Change.
Abuse.
9)

What does Bolle push to radicalize that protests the Wall? (from Chapter 3)

A Stasi official meeting.
A West Berlin court.
A Kreuzberg gathering.
An ad hoc committee.
10)

Who is Esther deciding between to have sex with that she tells the Narrator about? (from Chapter 3)

Bolle and Robert.
Loch and Walter.
Marlow and Bill.
Robert and Frieda.
11)

Who helped Pommerer survive the war? (from Chapter 4)

The Americans.
The Italians.
The Germans.
The Russians.
12)

What does Robert think is a fairy tale for those who choose to not know better? (from Chapter 3)

Free choice.
Spontaneity.
Visions.
Demonstrations.
13)

How much was Bolle ransomed for by the BRD? (from Chapter 3)

150,000 DM.
50,000 DM.
100,000 DM.
20,000 DM.
14)

What do the restorers in the Narrator's building remove traces of? (from Chapter 5)

Bullet holes.
Paint.
Fights.
Spackling.
15)

What does Pommerer claim that the West is controlled by? (from Chapter 2)

Dancers.
Workers.
Imbeciles.
Reactionaries.
16)

What is the subject of the documentary that the Narrator watches with Pommerer? (from Chapter 4)

The partition.
The reunification.
The reconstruction.
The war.
17)

How does the Narrator first try to help the person looking for keys in his apartment building? (from Chapter 5)

With a flashlight.
With a pole.
With a screwdriver.
With a phone.
18)

Where does Gartenschläger have difficulty living? (from Chapter 4)

Vienna.
Bonn.
Hamburg.
Berlin.
19)

How many people are in line to cross the border with the Narrator in Berlin in the final chapter? (from Chapter 5)

2.
0.
1.
3.
20)

Why is the customs official searching the Narrator's possession? (from Chapter 5)

Because he has to.
To look for illegal substances.
For fun.
Out of fear.
21)

When Bolle is allowed to travel back and forth through Germany and is not arrested for his espionage, what does he become? (from Chapter 3)

A preacher.
An officer.
A cop.
A double agent.
22)

Who is the stranger that comes to talk to Pommerer in the bar and buys a round of drinks? (from Chapter 4)

A shipping clerk.
A BRD official.
A policeman.
A DDR spy.
23)

What do the masked people use to break the glass of storefronts near the Kurfürstendamm? (from Chapter 3)

Books.
Canes.
Stones.
Rifles.
24)

What has taken too long to finish according to Pommerer in East Berlin that makes him angry? (from Chapter 4)

Partition.
Reunification.
Reconstruction.
Fighting.
25)

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

Challenge it.
Accept it.
Respect it.
Hide from it.
Copyrights
The Wall Jumper: A Novel from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
Follow Us on Facebook