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

2. Who do neighbors shun in favor of those who struggle against publishers and the party?
(a) Successful writers.
(b) Successful designers.
(c) Successful scientists.
(d) Successful poets.

3. What is vandalized consistently outside the Narrator's building?
(a) Trucks.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Cars.
(d) Houses.

4. What does the Narrator travel into East Berlin on?
(a) G-Bahn.
(b) S-Bahn.
(c) U-Bahn.
(d) N-Bahn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lying outside the path to the door of the Narrator's building remains the same?

2. Instead of outsmarting the State, what did Biermann do that evoked criticism from his peers?

3. Where have Pommerer's friends in the countryside settled into?

4. Who among the jumpers goes West to become a lumberjack?

5. What do the neighbors of Pommerer's friends in the countryside gather to discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Narrator describe Robert in Chapter 1?

2. How does the Narrator view the East from the S-Bahn train station?

3. What do neighbors in the German countryside gather to discuss that the Narrator observes?

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

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

6. How did Lena's family treat her when she visited with the Narrator in East Berlin?

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

8. 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?

9. What are the Narrator's neighbors in Berlin like?

10. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

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