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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dontsova travel to and from the hospital?
(a) Train.
(b) By foot.
(c) Bus.
(d) Car.

2. What is Dontsova's excuse for not being able to finish a project on which she has been working for a long time?
(a) No time.
(b) She doesn't care about it anymore.
(c) No energy.
(d) Pain.

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

4. The surgeon tells Proshka that she will explain his _________ to him before his discharge from the cancer ward.
(a) Home life.
(b) Medications.
(c) Boundaries.
(d) Certificates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dontsova and Vera work for hours every day without any __________ for their efforts.

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

3. Pavel is an important man in the Soviet Union and he has a tumor on his _______ when he comes to the ward.

4. What does Kapa attempt to give the nurse in order to help Pavel get better treatment than others?

5. How many other patients are assigned to the ward that Pavel is assigned to, though he does not care to know them?

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