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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. In Pommerer's favorite bar, what does the Narrator complain about?

2. How long of a prison sentence does Bolle receive from a West Berlin court?

3. What does Bolle erect to preach war against the Wall?

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

5. What does the DDR employ along the border that Gartenschläger wants to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What amazes the Narrator about his cousin's behavior in Dresden?

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

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

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

5. What does Robert observe about capitalism when he goes to check car models with the Narrator?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the Narrator's first encounter with Frieda in his apartment building.

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

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

Love and sexuality between the Narrator and Lena is a recurring theme. How does the Narrator's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has he expanded his awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for the Narrator? How does his feelings for Lena develop and change and how does his relationship with her contrast with that of other women that he has had romantic feelings for or an idealized relationship with?

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