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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) Colors.
(b) Ranks.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Nicknames.

2. Who can read a little Latin, which allows him to decipher that one patient has an untreatable tumor?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Yefrem.
(d) Vadim.

3. The nurse says there is no one to whom she could give the ________, even if she could take it from Pavel.
(a) Food.
(b) Book.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothing.

4. The tumor that Pavel has prevents him from being able to ____________, which causes him to change the way he interacts with others.
(a) Move his body.
(b) Turn from side to side.
(c) Lift his arm.
(d) Smile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sibgator not have as a result of his condition, though other patients have one of these?

2. What is Pavel allowed to wear, which is the only concession in his stay at the hospital?

3. Nellya is a(n) _________ who only does a part of her job, choosing instead to take a nap in the middle of her shift.

4. Where is the cancer that Sibgator has, causing him to be in extreme pain most of the time?

5. When Pavel talks to his doctor about his condition, his doctor tells him that he does not have ___________.

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