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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the Narrator's first landlord in Berlin?
(a) James.
(b) Gerhard.
(c) Robert.
(d) Charlie.

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

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

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

6. Who clings together in a new life in the West?
(a) Northern Germans.
(b) Southern Germans.
(c) West Germans.
(d) East Germans.

7. When the Narrator takes a cab from the station, what does the driver make fun of regarding the West?
(a) Lack of communists.
(b) Lack of jokes.
(c) Lack of hygiene.
(d) Lack of rules.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. What did Kabe claim was too quiet not to jump?
(a) His dreams.
(b) His life.
(c) His friend's death.
(d) His neighborhood.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?

2. What are the two bars in the Narrator's building?

3. Who rarely meet outside the Narrator's building but can be distinguished by noise?

4. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?

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

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