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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?
(a) West Germans.
(b) Russians.
(c) East Germans.
(d) Americans.

2. Who does the Narrator meet in Lena's family in East Berlin?
(a) Her mother and brother.
(b) Her mother and sister.
(c) Her father and brother.
(d) Her father and sister.

3. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?
(a) The Opera.
(b) The currency.
(c) The Flag.
(d) The Wall.

4. Which is NOT an escape method used by people trying to jump the Wall in the early 1960s?
(a) Scuba diving.
(b) Raking.
(c) Ballooning.
(d) Vaulting.

5. What is the enormous structure in the countryside that the Narrator notices standing out?
(a) A dish.
(b) A TV antenna.
(c) A statue.
(d) A silo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Narrator consider easier to understand than Berlin?

3. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?

4. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?

5. What causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?

(see the answer key)

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