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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Narrator takes a cab from the station, what does the driver make fun of regarding the West?
(a) Lack of hygiene.
(b) Lack of rules.
(c) Lack of communists.
(d) Lack of jokes.

2. When was Bolle ransomed by the BRD?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1923.

3. What did Kabe claim was too quiet not to jump?
(a) His friend's death.
(b) His neighborhood.
(c) His life.
(d) His dreams.

4. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Drugging guards.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Tightrope walking.

5. For how much money was Gartenschläger ransomed by the BRD?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are strikes occurring that the Narrator watches on television with Pommerer?

2. Where does the Narrator wait to cross the border?

3. When Biermann is exiled, what do his supporters in East Berlin fear?

4. How many people are in line to cross the border with the Narrator in Berlin in the final chapter?

5. What does a West Berlin court declare Bolle to be?

(see the answer key)

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