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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the banners that the Narrator sees in the countryside say about the Soviets?
(a) Fight them.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Love them.
(d) Hate them.

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

5. What covers the land six miles out of Berlin that the Narrator notices before they see greenery?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Lime dust.
(c) Volcanic ash.
(d) Snow.

6. Which is NOT an escape method used by people trying to jump the Wall in the early 1960s?
(a) Ballooning.
(b) Scuba diving.
(c) Vaulting.
(d) Raking.

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

8. Who rarely meet outside the Narrator's building but can be distinguished by noise?
(a) Singers.
(b) Tenants.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

9. What area does not have land mines according to Pommerer?
(a) Russian underground.
(b) K2 mountain top.
(c) Center City.
(d) Soviet Union.

10. Whose existence do BRD politicians deny?
(a) West German state.
(b) Kabe.
(c) East German state.
(d) DDR.

11. Who does the Narrator meet in Lena's family in East Berlin?
(a) Her father and brother.
(b) Her father and sister.
(c) Her mother and brother.
(d) Her mother and sister.

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

13. Who owns the building in which the Narrator lives?
(a) Writers.
(b) Violinists.
(c) Gentry.
(d) Police.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do neighbors shun in favor of those who struggle against publishers and the party?

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

3. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?

4. After 30 years, what rules are significantly differently in the way people act in West and East Berlin?

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

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