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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 is the remarkable difference between West and East-bound travelers at the Schonefield airport?

2. When the Narrator arrives home at midnight, who is he surprised to see working at window level in his building?

3. Whose government does the Narrator find more intrusive on citizen privacy?

4. Where do Pommerer and the Narrator go to watch jazz?

5. On maps, what does the Narrator notice is missing in West Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Narrator describe Kabe?

3. What is the evening of music that Pommerer and the Narrator take in at the Hall of Young Talent like?

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

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

6. How do the DDR and the Western television reflect bias when it comes to news reporting?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of graffiti in "The Wall Jumper"? What does graffiti say about the German socialist system in East Berlin? What does it say about the German capitalist system in West Berlin?

Essay Topic 3

Politics play a significant role in the book. Schneider refers to the politics of the East Berlin society of "The Wall Jumper" compared to that of West Berlin. Discuss the use of politics in the novel. How does politics influence the actions of the main characters of the Narrator, Pommerer, and others? Also examine the use of politics in relationships.

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