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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. Instead of outsmarting the State, what did Biermann do that evoked criticism from his peers?

2. When the Narrator moves to Berlin, what has just gone up?

3. Who considers themselves superior based on clothing, accessories and language?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Journalism and media reporting are important for the spread of information in "The Wall Jumper". Can the media report without bias? Choose 1-2 examples and show where the media reveals a bias. How is this similar or different to the viewpoint of the Narrator?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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