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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the travelers heading west look upon the other travelers as?
(a) Friends.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Zoo animals.
(d) Aliens.

3. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?
(a) To meet some girls.
(b) To go to school.
(c) To see a film.
(d) To get food.

4. Who clings together in a new life in the West?
(a) East Germans.
(b) Southern Germans.
(c) Northern Germans.
(d) West Germans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who remains silent when Pommerer's friends and neighbors complain about censorship?

2. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?

3. What does the woman with bulging eyeballs that meets with Pommerer support?

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

5. When the Narrator arrives home at midnight, who is he surprised to see working at window level in his building?

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