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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 does the stranger that buys Pommerer drinks want Pommerer to join?

2. What does Robert enjoy viewing different models of that the Narrator accompanies to see?

3. What must Bolle learn in the West to earn the right he forfeited earlier?

4. Who helped Pommerer survive the war?

5. To whom does Bolle return after double crossing both the BRD and DDR?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pommerer and the Narrator differ on their views of East and West German workers?

2. What does the man who approaches Pommerer in the bar tell him about Butterfly?

3. Why does Pommerer believe his phone troubles are linked to a protest he did?

4. What are some decadent pleasures that the Narrator enjoys in West Berlin?

5. How is Gartenschläger caught and killed?

6. How does Bolle become an agent for the Stasi?

7. How does Bolle become a double agent for the DDR?

8. What does Robert think of the police's participation in the violence in town?

9. What are Lena's relationships with men prior to meeting the Narrator?

10. How does Bolle end up in the French legion in Corsica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the Wall? When was the Wall erected? How does it divide Berlin? How does it divide the people of Berlin? What does the Wall symbolize? What international relationships are changed as a result? Who gains or loses power?

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

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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