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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the neighbors of Pommerer's friends in the countryside gather to discuss?
(a) Politics and the environment.
(b) Food and cooking.
(c) Guests and strangers.
(d) Art and literature.

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

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

7. Who remains silent when Pommerer's friends and neighbors complain about censorship?
(a) Robert.
(b) Pommerer.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) Lena.

8. How does Kabe fool his government?
(a) He fights their clinics.
(b) He is unemployed and lives off the state.
(c) He burns their flags.
(d) He spies on them.

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

10. Whose government does the Narrator find more intrusive on citizen privacy?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?

2. What lying outside the path to the door of the Narrator's building remains the same?

3. What is vandalized consistently outside the Narrator's building?

4. What do both sides of the Wall want to call Kabe?

5. On maps, what does the Narrator notice is missing in West Berlin?

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