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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area does not have land mines according to Pommerer?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) Center City.
(c) K2 mountain top.
(d) Russian underground.

2. What do both sides of the Wall want to call Kabe?
(a) Funny.
(b) Insane.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Dangerous.

3. On maps, what does the Narrator notice is missing in West Berlin?
(a) Names.
(b) Rules.
(c) Streets.
(d) Latitudes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Kabe jumped the Wall?

2. Whose existence do BRD politicians deny?

3. In what building does Lena find peace in that politics has not touched?

4. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?

5. What causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the artistic neighbors that the Narrator meets with Pommerer in the countryside say about the scientist and the state as compared to writers?

2. Describe Berlin from the Narrator's point of view in the airplane.

3. What is the evening of music that Pommerer and the Narrator take in at the Hall of Young Talent like?

4. What does the Narrator notice about Soviet propaganda compared to that of the West while traveling with Pommerer?

5. How does Kabe outwit both the East and West German governments?

6. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

7. What is the difference in reporting between West and East German politicians on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on the evening news?

8. How does the Narrator describe Kabe?

9. How is the difference in the importance of the Wall shown in Western and Eastern maps?

10. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views regarding East and West Germany and change?

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