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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of raping, what do the foreigners that visit where the Narrator lives in 1945, do instead?
(a) Buy homes.
(b) Fight indiscriminately.
(c) Burn effigies.
(d) Have love affairs.

2. Who overhears the restorers in the Narrator's building?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The landlord.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) The priest.

3. What does Robert enjoy viewing different models of that the Narrator accompanies to see?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Boats.
(c) Cars.
(d) Trailers.

4. When is the best time to cross the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?
(a) 2 to 4.
(b) 3 to 5.
(c) 12 to 2.
(d) 10 to 12.

5. When Biermann is exiled, what do his supporters in East Berlin fear?
(a) A ransom.
(b) A change in power.
(c) A ritual of control.
(d) A lack of spontaneity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country is NOT discussed in Chapter 5?

3. What does the Narrator think will survive everyone?

4. What is the enormous structure in the countryside that the Narrator notices standing out?

5. What did the Narrator's uncle do for a living before he died?

(see the answer key)

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