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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 is the UN resolution on the evening news about that the Narrator watches on television?
(a) Soviet invasion of Afghanisthan.
(b) Soviet invasion of Czech Republic.
(c) American invasion of Prussia.
(d) American invasion of France.

2. How many times has Kabe jumped the Wall?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

3. What is the cordoned off section belonging to Hitler that people on both sides of the Wall stare at through binoculars?
(a) Hallstadt.
(b) Fuhrenbunker.
(c) Biermann.
(d) Listadt.

4. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?
(a) Jason.
(b) James.
(c) Eric.
(d) Robert.

5. What is the enormous structure in the countryside that the Narrator notices standing out?
(a) A TV antenna.
(b) A dish.
(c) A silo.
(d) A statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?

2. What does the Narrator travel into East Berlin on?

3. What did Kabe claim was too quiet not to jump?

4. Where does the Narrator exit from the metro into East Berlin?

5. What pain do West Germans no longer feel strongly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman with bulging eyeballs who visits Pommerer have to say about solidarity?

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

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

4. How has television affected the culture of the two German societies?

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

6. What is the story that Pommerer tells the Narrator about the Willy boys and their friend Lutz concerning the Wall?

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

8. What does the Wall symbolize to the West Germans?

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

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

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