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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What camps are the Eastern boys sent to?
(a) Juvenile and reformatory.
(b) Intelligence and counterintelligence.
(c) Mission and special education.
(d) Army and youth.

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

3. Instead of outsmarting the State, what did Biermann do that evoked criticism from his peers?
(a) Hide from it.
(b) Challenge it.
(c) Accept it.
(d) Respect it.

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

5. What do the neighbors of Pommerer's friends in the countryside gather to discuss?
(a) Art and literature.
(b) Guests and strangers.
(c) Food and cooking.
(d) Politics and the environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?

2. Who owns the building in which the Narrator lives?

3. Where do Pommerer and the Narrator go to watch jazz?

4. Who fail to curse the uncomfortable shuttle bus after landing at the Schonefield airport?

5. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?

(see the answer key)

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