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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hires Bolle as a full-time agent after he presents photographs and data from the BRD?
(a) Soviets.
(b) Kreuzberg.
(c) Americans.
(d) Stasi.

2. Where is Bolle stationed that he learns skills in sabotage?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Dominican Republic.
(c) Corsica.
(d) Croatia.

3. Who is Esther deciding between to have sex with that she tells the Narrator about?
(a) Bolle and Robert.
(b) Robert and Frieda.
(c) Marlow and Bill.
(d) Loch and Walter.

4. Who did Pommerer's family fear would rape them?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Americans.

5. Who single-handedly fought against the DDR according to Robert?
(a) Walter.
(b) Marlow.
(c) Jones.
(d) Robert.

6. Over what philosopher do Robert and the Narrator argue that brings them almost to blows?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Kant.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Chekhov.

7. Where did Lena grow up?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Mecklenburg.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Corsica.

8. In West Germany, what does Bolle find that no one is willing to join him in doing?
(a) To escape the Wall.
(b) To destroy the Wall.
(c) To fortify the Wall.
(d) To climb the Wall.

9. Why did Bolle spend 7 years in prison?
(a) For breaking the DDR border restriction rule.
(b) For lying to the police.
(c) For stealing tires.
(d) For being a metal worker.

10. After hearing Bolle's tale, whose story does Pommerer share with the Narrator in the bar?
(a) Jason's.
(b) Heine's.
(c) Michael's.
(d) Walter's.

11. What is the subject of the documentary that the Narrator watches with Pommerer?
(a) The war.
(b) The partition.
(c) The reunification.
(d) The reconstruction.

12. Where does Gartenschläger go with an assistant to gain access to the DDR border tools?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Buchen.
(d) Hamburg.

13. What does Robert find always falls outside of himself when he considers events and motives?
(a) Perspective.
(b) Labeling.
(c) Free choice.
(d) Blame.

14. Who is the only traveler at the checkpoint that the Narrator sees by the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?
(a) A woman with a chicken.
(b) A priest.
(c) A drunkard.
(d) A man with a dog.

15. How much was Bolle ransomed for by the BRD?
(a) 20,000 DM.
(b) 50,000 DM.
(c) 100,000 DM.
(d) 150,000 DM.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Bolle have in the south that he tired of?

2. What did Pommerer's father leave for him for protection?

3. Why do the Narrator and Robert have to leave the cafe near the Kurfürstendamm?

4. What does a West Berlin court declare Bolle to be?

5. Who helped Pommerer survive the war?

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