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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ignore patients.
(c) Sleep on the job.
(d) Reveal the diagnoses of patients.

2. 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) Lift his arm.
(c) Smile.
(d) Turn from side to side.

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) Clothing.
(d) Money.

4. What does Oleg believe Zoya looks like when she takes off her nurse's cap?
(a) Tiger.
(b) His mother.
(c) An angel.
(d) Teddy bear.

5. What is the nickname that is assigned to Kostoglotov by Pavel when Pavel first meets this person?
(a) Bone crusher.
(b) Mad hatter.
(c) Demon man.
(d) Dark hunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to get the political trip canceled several times, but is unsuccessful in doing so?

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

3. _________ is a very strong man, a construction worker who travels all over the Soviet Union to do the hardest work.

4. What is Dontsova's excuse for not being able to finish a project on which she has been working for a long time?

5. Vera remembers another patient just like Pavel who had accused her of trying to __________ him when he was in the ward.

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