3. Where have Pommerer's friends in the countryside settled into?
(a) Abandoned farm cottages.
(b) Broken down jeeps.
(c) New barns.
(d) Old industrial buildings.

4. Who owns the building in which the Narrator lives?
(a) Gentry.
(b) Violinists.
(c) Police.
(d) Writers.

5. Who does the Narrator dream about when he takes his first visit to the DDR?
(a) James.
(b) Kabe.
(c) Lena.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure zigzags through the city of Berlin?

2. What does the Narrator consider easier to understand than Berlin?

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

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

5. What area does not have land mines according to Pommerer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

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

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

7. How does the Narrator describe Kabe?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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