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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 DDR leadership according to Pommerer?

2. When is the best time to cross the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?

3. What is an indulgent pleasure that the Narrator likes to do in West Berlin?

4. What does Robert find always falls outside of himself when he considers events and motives?

5. Who is the stranger that comes to talk to Pommerer in the bar and buys a round of drinks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pommerer observe about the DDR leadership and the reconstruction of East Berlin?

3. What is the difference in the experiences that Pommerer and the Narrator have in 1945 with the Russians and Americans respectively?

4. What is the similarity in the news reporting of the strike in Poland that both Pommerer and the Narrator observe?

5. Why does Gartenschläger attempt to get a self-triggering robot?

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

7. What does a stranger warn Robert and the Narrator about in the cafe and what happens subsequently?

8. How do Robert and the Narrator differ in their view of news reports and their own role in it?

9. What is Bolle's ultimate fate after he double crosses both intelligence sides?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did Schneider mean by calling the book "The Wall Jumper"? Cite an example to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Pommerer and The Narrator are two of the most active characters in discussing their social and political beliefs.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Pommerer had a direct influence upon? What are some events that The Narrator had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support or sympathy to people that attempt to jump the Wall? Which one is stronger and why?

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