View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Kabe sent because he jumped the Wall?

2. What do both sides of the Wall want to call Kabe?

3. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?

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

5. For how many Fridays do the Eastern boys jump the Wall before they are stopped by the West Berlin patrol?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do neighbors in the German countryside gather to discuss that the Narrator observes?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Schneider powerfully portrays the theme of mental conditioning in Berlin. West Berlin residents consider themselves superior to their neighbors in the East. How are the Germans conditioned? What do they believe? What are they afraid of? Examine this theme in relationship to the quote by Schneider, "Where does the state end and the self begin? How far are we conditioned by the place we are born in?"

Essay Topic 2

Describe some of the settings for "The Wall Jumper". What is the overall setting? How does the city of Berlin change over time? How is the East different from the West? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did the author choose to use these places in "The Wall Jumper"?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Lena. What is her role in the story? What was Schneider trying to accomplish by creating the Lena' character in the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 814 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample