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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. Who rarely meet outside the Narrator's building but can be distinguished by noise?

2. Why do the Eastern boys jump the Wall?

3. Who does the Narrator meet in East Berlin that is forbidden to publish?

4. How does Kabe fool his government?

5. What relations did Kabe strain through his act of jumping the Wall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the woman with bulging eyeballs who visits Pommerer have to say about solidarity?

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

7. What did the early 1960s see in Berlin in terms of escape methods in Berlin?

8. Who is Wolf Biermann, mentioned in Chapter 1, and how is he described?

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

10. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The two belief systems of capitalism and socialism are pitted against each other frequently in "The Wall Jumper". Identify examples of each. In what ways is the Narrator attracted to the capitalist system versus the socialist system and vice-versa? Is it surprising that people jump the Wall on both sides? Discuss in relation to the stories shared by the Narrator and Pommerer.

Essay Topic 2

Schneider is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, puns, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

"The Wall Jumper" is written primarily in the first-person point of view of the Narrator. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the third-persona and omniscient perspective?

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