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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Who do neighbors shun in favor of those who struggle against publishers and the party?
(a) Successful designers.
(b) Successful writers.
(c) Successful poets.
(d) Successful scientists.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What area does not have land mines according to Pommerer?

2. From what direction does Kabe jump the Wall?

3. Who owns the building in which the Narrator lives?

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

5. Where have Pommerer's friends in the countryside settled into?

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