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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. What did Pavel and his wife make in order to try to bypass the normal treatment regimens in the hospital?

2. Who tells the women physicians that he is ready to go home, as he often tells them during his time on the ward?

3. Who did Pavel put into a school as a result of sending away the child of the woman in the dream?

4. What does the nurse bring to the ward that Pavel wants to see before anyone else?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When the new man and Dyomka are talking in the ward, what does one of the men say it is better to do than to die?

2. What is another way that Pavel decides to categorize the other patients in the ward with him, aside from the answer to #5?

3. Why does Sibgator decide that he wants to stand in the hallway instead of having a bed like everyone else in the ward?

4. What does Pavel find out in the paper when he finally gets a chance to read it after Oleg is done?

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

6. Why does Zoya have trouble getting her work done when she is on shift at the hospital?

7. What does Vera tell Pavel when he begins to get upset with the others in the room?

8. Why is the administrative assistant Olympiada going to be away from the hospital for a few days?

9. What does Oleg know about Vera, even though this does not stop him from being attracted to her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There weren't tracking devices for measuring how much radiation a person has gotten in their lives, causing people like Dontsova to get radiation sickness.

Part 1: Why do you think tracking devices weren't used to track one's exposure to radiation?

Part 2: Do you think that radiation tracking devices were available during the time period of the book?

Part 3: How do you think current hospitals might track the radiation that a person receives?

Essay Topic 2

The doctors and nurses are unable to tell the patients that they are dying, even if that information is in their medical records.

Part 1: Why do you think telling patients about their health is not allowed?

Part 2: Would you want to know if you were dying? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think not telling the patients they are dying helps those on the cancer ward?

Essay Topic 3

Vadim has an important discovery to share with the world, so he makes it his life mission to use every moment he has.

Part 1: Do you think that everyone has something important to contribute to the world?

Part 2: How do you think that Vadim's cancer is impacting his work?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to value every moment in one's life?

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