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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 causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?
(a) The American coverage of the story.
(b) The Eastern coverage of the story.
(c) The Russian coverage of the story.
(d) The Western coverage of the story.

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

3. Who do the artists in the countryside that the Narrator meets criticize that lost the privilege of going abroad?
(a) An intellectual.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A writer.

4. For how many Fridays do the Eastern boys jump the Wall before they are stopped by the West Berlin patrol?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

5. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?
(a) To see a film.
(b) To go to school.
(c) To meet some girls.
(d) To get food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What camps are the Eastern boys sent to?

3. In the Narrator's dream, what does he fall overboard from?

4. Who remains silent when Pommerer's friends and neighbors complain about censorship?

5. When the Narrator arrives home at midnight, who is he surprised to see working at window level in his building?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the DDR and the Western television reflect bias when it comes to news reporting?

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

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

4. What did the early 1960s see in Berlin in terms of escape methods in Berlin?

5. How does Schneider uses the analogy of lovers to explain the German lack of interest in reunification?

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

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

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

9. Describe how the East and West Germans are different at the Schönefield Airport.

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

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