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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of escape methods from the Wall became popular in the early 1960s?

2. What does Wolf Biermann do for a living?

3. What pain do West Germans no longer feel strongly?

4. When the Narrator takes a cab from the station, what does the driver make fun of regarding the West?

5. From what direction does Kabe jump the Wall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the Narrator describe Robert in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider this quote, "This stillness probably ties in with the Germans' habit of hearing their own noise through their neighbors' ears--a consideration which even three-year-olds are taught to show," (Chapter 1, pg. 16.) How does this reveal the culture in which East Germans lived? What does this say about their society? Compare and contrast in relationship to West Berlin and Western society as a whole at the time.

Essay Topic 2

The Narrator uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two themes about loss in the stories he shares in "The Wall Jumper". Then cite an example to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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"?

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