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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. Who helped Pommerer survive the war?

2. Who is the only traveler at the checkpoint that the Narrator sees by the border at Heinrich Heine Strasse?

3. To whom does Bolle intend to betray the DDR officials?

4. Where does Gartenschläger go with an assistant to gain access to the DDR border tools?

5. What is Gartenschläger arrested for stealing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the Narrator identify with the German people and not politics?

8. What first attracts the Narrator to Lena?

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

10. Describe the Narrator's experience at the border with the guards and the man with the dog.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Schneider is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, puns, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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