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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bolle join when he cannot find anywhere to serve after leaving the south?
(a) West German Defense.
(b) BRD.
(c) French Foreign Legion.
(d) DDR.

2. What do the banners that the Narrator sees in the countryside exhort people to do?
(a) Shoot together.
(b) Fight together.
(c) Pull together.
(d) Pull apart.

3. Where did Lena grow up?
(a) Mecklenburg.
(b) Leningrad.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Corsica.

4. Who do neighbors shun in favor of those who struggle against publishers and the party?
(a) Successful poets.
(b) Successful scientists.
(c) Successful designers.
(d) Successful writers.

5. What does Gartenschläger sell his stolen item to a news magazine for?
(a) 14,000 DM.
(b) 15,000 DM.
(c) 18,000 DM.
(d) 12,000 DM.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the Narrator's aunt live?

3. What does the Narrator talk to the customs man about?

4. When Bolle jumps the wall, what does he tell the DDR guards that he wants?

5. Who do the artists in the countryside that the Narrator meets criticize that lost the privilege of going abroad?

(see the answer key)

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