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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the nurse give to Pavel when he wakes up from his injection?
(a) Juice.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Water.
(d) Beer.

2. Where is the cancer that Sibgator has, causing him to be in extreme pain most of the time?
(a) His back.
(b) His arm.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His neck.

3. Vera allows people to assume she has a _________ since she feels it would be embarrassing to admit otherwise.
(a) License.
(b) Husband.
(c) Medical degree.
(d) Education.

4. When Pavel talks to his doctor about his condition, his doctor tells him that he does not have ___________.
(a) Cancer.
(b) A chance.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) To worry about medication.

5. Pavel assigns ________ to the other patients on the ward after they begin to make fun of him for thinking he doesn't have cancer.
(a) Numbers.
(b) Nicknames.
(c) Colors.
(d) Ranks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The men constantly think about how difficult it was for them to get ___________ to the cancer ward.

2. Oleg tells Dontsova that he came to the hospital in order to have his ________ alleviated, according to his description of his history.

3. Who comes with Kapa to drop Pavel off at the hospital when he is admitted to the cancer ward?

4. What does Pavel want his wife to research when she goes back home from the hospital?

5. What are Oleg and Zoya filling up in the supply room when they suddenly begin kissing each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pavel learn from his doctor when he asks about his health condition?

2. What does Zoya learn about the status of Oleg when they are talking in the doctor's lounge?

3. Why was Oleg never told about the original biopsies of his primary tumor?

4. What is the title of the story that most intrigues Yefrem in the collection of stories he is reading?

5. What does the orderly do though she has only completed a part of her job?

6. Why does the head man want to throw Oleg out of the hospital during the inspection?

7. What is the only concession that Pavel is allowed when he is entered into the cancer ward along with the other patients?

8. What happens as a result of Pavel and his wife making a number of calls before Pavel is admitted to the cancer ward?

9. What is the advice that Oleg gives to Zoya when they are talking at the nurses station?

10. Why does Dontsova have far more radiation in her body than is healthy for a person to have?

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