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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the East German map, what is lacking in the West German side?
(a) Streets.
(b) People.
(c) Trees.
(d) Names.

2. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Write.
(d) Teach.

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

4. How many friends does Lena have that dress differently than others in West Germany?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. Who fail to curse the uncomfortable shuttle bus after landing at the Schonefield airport?
(a) English.
(b) Swiss.
(c) French.
(d) Germans.

6. What is the name of the Eastern boy that Pommerer tells a story about jumping the Wall?
(a) Lena.
(b) Robert.
(c) Lutz.
(d) Willy.

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

8. How many times has Kabe jumped the Wall?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

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

10. Where have Pommerer's friends in the countryside settled into?
(a) New barns.
(b) Abandoned farm cottages.
(c) Old industrial buildings.
(d) Broken down jeeps.

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

12. In the Narrator's dream, what does he fall overboard from?
(a) A plane.
(b) A car.
(c) A boat.
(d) A helicopter.

13. What are the two bars in the Narrator's building?
(a) Russian and German.
(b) Austrian and Prussian.
(c) English and French.
(d) German and Bolivian.

14. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?
(a) The Wall.
(b) The currency.
(c) The Flag.
(d) The Opera.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Narrator travel into East Berlin on?

3. On his first visit to the wall, what does the Narrator watch?

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

5. Who does the Narrator dream about when he takes his first visit to the DDR?

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