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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 do the banners that the Narrator sees in the countryside exhort people to do?
(a) Pull apart.
(b) Shoot together.
(c) Fight together.
(d) Pull together.

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

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

4. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?
(a) The Flag.
(b) The Opera.
(c) The currency.
(d) The Wall.

5. Who among the jumpers goes West to become a lumberjack?
(a) Robert.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Lutz.
(d) Willy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do neighbors shun in favor of those who struggle against publishers and the party?

2. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?

3. What camps are the Eastern boys sent to?

4. What do Western publicity folk strive to avoid according to the Narrator?

5. What is the name of the Eastern boy that Pommerer tells a story about jumping the Wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Wolf Biermann, mentioned in Chapter 1, and how is he described?

2. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

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

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

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

6. How does the Narrator describe Kabe?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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