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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?
(a) The Opera.
(b) The Flag.
(c) The Wall.
(d) The currency.

2. Instead of outsmarting the State, what did Biermann do that evoked criticism from his peers?
(a) Challenge it.
(b) Accept it.
(c) Hide from it.
(d) Respect it.

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

4. What are the two bars in the Narrator's building?
(a) Austrian and Prussian.
(b) German and Bolivian.
(c) English and French.
(d) Russian and German.

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

6. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?
(a) A courthouse.
(b) A generations-old family house.
(c) An old stately mansion.
(d) A broken down villa.

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

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

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

10. What is the UN resolution on the evening news about that the Narrator watches on television?
(a) American invasion of Prussia.
(b) Soviet invasion of Czech Republic.
(c) Soviet invasion of Afghanisthan.
(d) American invasion of France.

11. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?
(a) East Germans.
(b) Americans.
(c) Russians.
(d) West Germans.

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

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

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

15. What does the woman with bulging eyeballs that meets with Pommerer support?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Spying.
(c) Peace.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Narrator's first landlord in Berlin?

2. On his first visit to the wall, what does the Narrator watch?

3. What do Eastern and Western broadcasts emphasize?

4. Who clings together in a new life in the West?

5. What do Western publicity folk strive to avoid according to the Narrator?

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