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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. Where are strikes occurring that the Narrator watches on television with Pommerer?

2. When was Bolle ransomed by the BRD?

3. Via what method does Bolle infiltrate the BRD?

4. Where is Bolle stationed that he learns skills in sabotage?

5. After hearing Bolle's tale, whose story does Pommerer share with the Narrator in the bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What first attracts the Narrator to Lena?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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