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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. How many times has Kabe jumped the Wall?
2. Who do the artists in the countryside that the Narrator meets criticize that lost the privilege of going abroad?
3. Where do Pommerer and the Narrator go to watch jazz?
4. What causes the arrest of the Eastern boys?
5. Who rarely meet outside the Narrator's building but can be distinguished by noise?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who is Wolf Biermann, mentioned in Chapter 1, and how is he described?
3. What do neighbors in the German countryside gather to discuss that the Narrator observes?
4. What does the Narrator notice about Soviet propaganda compared to that of the West while traveling with Pommerer?
5. What did the early 1960s see in Berlin in terms of escape methods in Berlin?
6. What is the story that Pommerer tells the Narrator about the Willy boys and their friend Lutz concerning the Wall?
7. What does the woman with bulging eyeballs who visits Pommerer have to say about solidarity?
8. How is the difference in the importance of the Wall shown in Western and Eastern maps?
9. How do the DDR and the Western television reflect bias when it comes to news reporting?
10. How has television affected the culture of the two German societies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The Wall Jumper" is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery to establish connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve, visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic. Schneider uses these imagery to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this novel.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Lena. What is her role in the story? What was Schneider trying to accomplish by creating the Lena' character in the novel?
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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