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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?
(a) Vidleshcstrasse.
(b) Pommerltrasse.
(c) Friedrichstrasse.
(d) Berchelstrasse.

4. What is Lena's family concerned about regarding West Berlin and the West in general?
(a) Whether they will fit in.
(b) Whether life is livable.
(c) Whether they will suffer.
(d) Whether they will lose.

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

6. What causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?
(a) The Western coverage of the story.
(b) The Eastern coverage of the story.
(c) The American coverage of the story.
(d) The Russian coverage of the story.

7. What relations did Kabe strain through his act of jumping the Wall?
(a) Russian-German.
(b) English-German.
(c) French-German.
(d) German-German.

8. After 30 years, what rules are significantly differently in the way people act in West and East Berlin?
(a) Of talking and behaving.
(b) Of fighting and living.
(c) Of dancing and singing.
(d) Of listening and learning.

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

10. What lying outside the path to the door of the Narrator's building remains the same?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Borders.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Colors.

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

12. What do both sides of the Wall want to call Kabe?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Insane.
(d) Funny.

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

14. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?
(a) Gerhard's.
(b) Charlie's.
(c) Schlater's.
(d) Robert's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the banners that the Narrator sees in the countryside exhort people to do?

2. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?

3. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?

4. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?

5. What did Kabe claim was too quiet not to jump?

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