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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 do the travelers heading west look upon the other travelers as?

2. For how many Fridays do the Eastern boys jump the Wall before they are stopped by the West Berlin patrol?

3. Where does the Narrator meet his friend from East Berlin to play pinball?

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

5. How many times has Kabe jumped the Wall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. How does the Narrator describe Robert in Chapter 1?

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

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

9. What does the Wall symbolize to the West Germans?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Lena with Frieda. How are these women similar or different? What gender roles do they follow and what do they oppose? How is Lena's thinking representative of her upbringing? What does she like and dislike about the West? What about Frieda?

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

Schneider powerfully portrays the theme of mental conditioning in Berlin. West Berlin residents consider themselves superior to their neighbors in the East. How are the Germans conditioned? What do they believe? What are they afraid of? Examine this theme in relationship to the quote by Schneider, "Where does the state end and the self begin? How far are we conditioned by the place we are born in?"

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