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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What pain do West Germans no longer feel strongly?
(a) Unification.
(b) Birth.
(c) Death.
(d) Separation.

3. Who does the Narrator dream about when he takes his first visit to the DDR?
(a) Lena.
(b) Robert.
(c) James.
(d) Kabe.

4. What structure zigzags through the city of Berlin?
(a) The Russian embassy.
(b) The airport.
(c) The Wall.
(d) The helicopter pad.

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

6. What do Western publicity folk strive to avoid according to the Narrator?
(a) Self-praise.
(b) Self-loathing.
(c) Self-doubt.
(d) Self-criticism.

7. What is the name of the Eastern boys' friend that joins them in jumping the Wall?
(a) Willy.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Robert.
(d) Lutz.

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

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

10. What is the remarkable difference between West and East-bound travelers at the Schonefield airport?
(a) Noise and serenity.
(b) Expression and clothing.
(c) Hairstyle and practice.
(d) Singing and dancing.

11. What is the cordoned off section belonging to Hitler that people on both sides of the Wall stare at through binoculars?
(a) Fuhrenbunker.
(b) Biermann.
(c) Hallstadt.
(d) Listadt.

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

13. What is the UN resolution on the evening news about that the Narrator watches on television?
(a) American invasion of Prussia.
(b) Soviet invasion of Czech Republic.
(c) American invasion of France.
(d) Soviet invasion of Afghanisthan.

14. What is the enormous structure in the countryside that the Narrator notices standing out?
(a) A dish.
(b) A statue.
(c) A TV antenna.
(d) A silo.

15. On maps, what does the Narrator notice is missing in West Berlin?
(a) Latitudes.
(b) Names.
(c) Rules.
(d) Streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?

2. Where was Kabe sent because he jumped the Wall?

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. How many friends does Lena have that dress differently than others in West Germany?

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