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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. When Bolle offered his services to the US Army for counterintelligence, what happened?
(a) He became a spy.
(b) He became a double agent.
(c) He was captured.
(d) They turned him down.

2. What does Robert enjoy viewing different models of that the Narrator accompanies to see?
(a) Cars.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Boats.
(d) Trailers.

3. After hearing Bolle's tale, whose story does Pommerer share with the Narrator in the bar?
(a) Walter's.
(b) Jason's.
(c) Michael's.
(d) Heine's.

4. What does the stranger that buys Pommerer drinks want Pommerer to join?
(a) His spy organization.
(b) His train.
(c) His ship.
(d) His plant.

5. What is the subject of the documentary that the Narrator watches with Pommerer?
(a) The war.
(b) The partition.
(c) The reunification.
(d) The reconstruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gartenschläger have difficulty living?

2. To whom does Bolle return after double crossing both the BRD and DDR?

3. Who is the only traveler at the checkpoint that the Narrator sees by the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?

4. When is the best time to cross the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?

5. In West Germany, what does Bolle find that no one is willing to join him in doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Gartenschläger caught and killed?

2. Why does Gartenschläger attempt to get a self-triggering robot?

3. What does Robert observe about capitalism when he goes to check car models with the Narrator?

4. What is the difference in the experiences that Pommerer and the Narrator have in 1945 with the Russians and Americans respectively?

5. When the leather-bound storyteller is found to have graffiti, how does he extricate himself from the clutches of the DDR?

6. Why does Pommerer believe his phone troubles are linked to a protest he did?

7. What is the similarity in the news reporting of the strike in Poland that both Pommerer and the Narrator observe?

8. What does Robert think of the police's participation in the violence in town?

9. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views of East and West German workers?

10. What is Bolle's ultimate fate after he double crosses both intelligence sides?

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