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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what direction does Kabe jump the Wall?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

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

3. Whose company does the Narrator enjoy until he dies at 70?
(a) A singer.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A violinist.
(d) A writer.

4. What do Eastern and Western broadcasts emphasize?
(a) Polar opposites.
(b) Strengths.
(c) Similarities.
(d) Weaknesses.

5. On his first visit to the wall, what does the Narrator watch?
(a) Bus loads of visitors.
(b) Singing wrestlers.
(c) Dancing troupes.
(d) Fighting monkeys.

6. What does the Narrator travel into East Berlin on?
(a) N-Bahn.
(b) G-Bahn.
(c) U-Bahn.
(d) S-Bahn.

7. What does the Narrator notice has been removed from all the vehicles in the West?
(a) VW insignia.
(b) AC insignia.
(c) LB insignia.
(d) FD insignia.

8. What does the Narrator consider easier to understand than Berlin?
(a) Burlington.
(b) Paris.
(c) Prague.
(d) New York.

9. For how many Fridays do the Eastern boys jump the Wall before they are stopped by the West Berlin patrol?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

10. What do BRD politicians emphasize regarding East and West Germany?
(a) Reunification.
(b) Separation.
(c) Alienation.
(d) War.

11. When the Narrator arrives home at midnight, who is he surprised to see working at window level in his building?
(a) Guards.
(b) Writers.
(c) Climbers.
(d) Welders.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?

2. On the East German map, what is lacking in the West German side?

3. When the Narrator takes a cab from the station, what does the driver make fun of regarding the West?

4. What is Lena's family concerned about regarding West Berlin and the West in general?

5. What is the cordoned off section belonging to Hitler that people on both sides of the Wall stare at through binoculars?

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