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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) 11.
(d) 14.

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

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

4. Where do Pommerer and the Narrator go to watch jazz?
(a) Hall of Young Talent.
(b) Underground railroad.
(c) Friedrichstrasse station.
(d) Getty museum.

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

6. Who among the jumpers goes West to become a lumberjack?
(a) Nelson.
(b) Willy.
(c) Lutz.
(d) Robert.

7. 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.

8. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?
(a) Jason.
(b) James.
(c) Eric.
(d) Robert.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose company does the Narrator enjoy until he dies at 70?

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

4. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?

5. When the Narrator arrives home at midnight, who is he surprised to see working at window level in his building?

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