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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is the best time to cross the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?
(a) 10 to 12.
(b) 2 to 4.
(c) 3 to 5.
(d) 12 to 2.

3. What position did Bolle have in the south that he tired of?
(a) A gunsmith.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A metal worker.

4. Instead of raping, what do the foreigners that visit where the Narrator lives in 1945, do instead?
(a) Burn effigies.
(b) Fight indiscriminately.
(c) Have love affairs.
(d) Buy homes.

5. What is being torn down in the Narrator's neighborhood via urban renovation?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Streets.
(c) Facades.
(d) Walls.

6. Who helped Pommerer survive the war?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Russians.

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

8. What is everything in the DDR about?
(a) Purpose.
(b) Ownership.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Authorization.

9. What does Pommerer believe that East Germans have more of than West Germans?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Fear.

10. Who is the Narrator's aunt?
(a) Clara.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Dora.

11. After gaining skills in sabotage, what does Bolle do?
(a) Give up.
(b) Desert his group.
(c) Fight his group.
(d) Build his own army.

12. When Bolle jumps the wall, what does he tell the DDR guards that he wants?
(a) To return home.
(b) To learn secrets.
(c) To fight with them.
(d) To give in.

13. Who is the stranger that comes to talk to Pommerer in the bar and buys a round of drinks?
(a) A BRD official.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A DDR spy.
(d) A shipping clerk.

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

15. What is Robert's defense against worry?
(a) Pretend it did not happen.
(b) Have a routine.
(c) Fight your opponent.
(d) Show no surprise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who single-handedly fought against the DDR according to Robert?

2. In Pommerer's favorite bar, what does the Narrator complain about?

3. Who is the only traveler at the checkpoint that the Narrator sees by the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?

4. What does Robert find always falls outside of himself when he considers events and motives?

5. What is Gartenschläger arrested for stealing?

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