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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the short stories that Yefrem is reading, which causes Pavel to laugh?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Romanchekov.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Blurga.

2. What did Oleg feel he needed to wait to do when he was living in the wild land?
(a) Talk to his family.
(b) Marry.
(c) Get treatment.
(d) Leave.

3. Dyomka and the new man are talking about _________ when this particular chapter begins.
(a) Past lives.
(b) Sins.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their military records.

4. What was missing from the truck when the truck driver returned from a blizzard?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Case of macaroni.

5. Chaly admits that he has _________ when he comes back into the room with the other patients.
(a) A boyfriend.
(b) Two wives.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Upset the government.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chaly offer to Pavel before they begin to talk about their lives in more detail?

3. At what Soviet university was Shulubin a professor before he came to the cancer ward to be treated?

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

5. __________ is miserable and in pain when they are at the hospital for their treatment.

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