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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a West Berlin court declare Bolle to be?
(a) A mass murderer.
(b) A lost, confused soul.
(c) A convicted felon.
(d) A parapalegic.

2. What is Gartenschläger arrested for stealing?
(a) A jacket.
(b) A gun.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A robot.

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

4. What does Bolle join when he cannot find anywhere to serve after leaving the south?
(a) DDR.
(b) French Foreign Legion.
(c) West German Defense.
(d) BRD.

5. How do the Western and Stasi superiors differ according to Bolle?
(a) Their dental work and wristwatches.
(b) Their guns and bullets.
(c) Their decor and makeup.
(d) Their stations and power.

6. Who is the co-worker that was found to have Western currency in his apartment and later is declared to be insane?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Gartenschläger.
(c) Pommerer.
(d) Bolle.

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

8. What must Bolle learn in the West to earn the right he forfeited earlier?
(a) How to fight superiors.
(b) How to gather data.
(c) How to arrest criminals.
(d) Counterintelligence.

9. At what age was Gartenschläger arrested for treason?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

10. Why do the Narrator and Robert have to leave the cafe near the Kurfürstendamm?
(a) Alarms are going off.
(b) Demonstrations are beginning.
(c) Paranoia is building up.
(d) Violence is breaking out.

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

12. What does Robert think is a fairy tale for those who choose to not know better?
(a) Spontaneity.
(b) Free choice.
(c) Visions.
(d) Demonstrations.

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

14. Where is Gartenschläger killed?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Buchen.
(d) Berne.

15. What does Bolle erect to preach war against the Wall?
(a) A substation.
(b) A radio transmitter.
(c) A satellite dish.
(d) A TV antenna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the masked people use to break the glass of storefronts near the Kurfürstendamm?

3. How long of a prison sentence does Bolle receive from a West Berlin court?

4. When Biermann is exiled, what do his supporters in East Berlin fear?

5. What does the DDR employ along the border that Gartenschläger wants to have?

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