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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pavel allowed to wear, which is the only concession in his stay at the hospital?
(a) Pajamas.
(b) A hat.
(c) Special badge.
(d) His socks from home.

2. The other patients make fun of Pavel as they ask him why he is on the ___________ if he does not have cancer.
(a) Government.
(b) Cancer ward.
(c) Soviet medical plan.
(d) Medication.

3. Oleg tells Zoya she should move to the ________ of Kazakhstan when she gets her medical license.
(a) City.
(b) Suburb.
(c) Steppes.
(d) Slums.

4. What does Zoya tell Oleg not to take so that he can be able to maintain his virility when they have a chance to be together?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Any more pills.
(d) Injections.

5. Dontsova and Vera work for hours every day without any __________ for their efforts.
(a) Support.
(b) Promotion.
(c) Appreciation.
(d) Money.

6. Where was Oleg first when he was diagnosed with cancer, though he was not told of his test results?
(a) Field hospital.
(b) Home.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) A school.

7. What does the chief surgeon in the cancer ward do which causes some to think she is not setting a good example?
(a) Chain smoke.
(b) Reveal the diagnoses of patients.
(c) Ignore patients.
(d) Sleep on the job.

8. Kapa tells Pavel she has received a letter from his ________ which brings Pavel bad news about the town.
(a) Brother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Friend.

9. What does Pavel want his wife to research when she goes back home from the hospital?
(a) Birch tree fungus.
(b) His government position.
(c) Vera and Dontsova.
(d) Radiation sickness.

10. In the dream, Pavel is told by a woman that he is the man who made her husband ________ over the years.
(a) Angry.
(b) Be promoted.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Die.

11. Vera remembers another patient just like Pavel who had accused her of trying to __________ him when he was in the ward.
(a) Treat.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Hit.
(d) Poison.

12. Where does Sibgator decide to stay in order to keep himself comfortable when he is staying at the cancer ward?
(a) Hallway.
(b) Nurses station.
(c) His bed.
(d) A bathroom.

13. Which patient tells the surgeon that he is tired of the cutting and wants to be released?
(a) Yefrem.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Oleg.
(d) Vadim.

14. Where is Pavel told to go to when he answers the phone as a part of his dream?
(a) Home.
(b) Cancer ward.
(c) Jail.
(d) Supreme Court.

15. The men constantly think about how difficult it was for them to get ___________ to the cancer ward.
(a) Money to go.
(b) Moved.
(c) Released.
(d) Admitted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pavel assigns ________ to the other patients on the ward after they begin to make fun of him for thinking he doesn't have cancer.

2. To whom does Pavel say he will report the woman physicians because he is angry with his treatment?

3. Dontsova is a person who is committed to _______ her patients and to being everything she can be to everyone in her life.

4. What does Yefrem decide the answer to the question of what do men live by is?

5. What does the nurse give to Pavel when he wakes up from his injection?

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