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

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

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

4. What camps are the Eastern boys sent to?

5. What lying outside the path to the door of the Narrator's building remains the same?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Narrator describe Gerhard Schlater?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Lena. What is her role in the story? What was Schneider trying to accomplish by creating the Lena' character in the novel?

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