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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The nurse tells Kapa that there is no possibility for ___________ in the hospital, even though they might be more important than others.
(a) Screening.
(b) Medication.
(c) Assistance.
(d) Private care.

2. How does Zoya get to her job at the hospital ward, according to the story?
(a) Trolley.
(b) Her car.
(c) By foot.
(d) A friend drives her.

3. What does the nurse give to Pavel when he wakes up from his injection?
(a) Water.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Beer.
(d) Juice.

4. Dontsova is concerned about patients who have experienced ____________, even as they were treated in other parts of their bodies.
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Radiation sickness.
(c) Infections.
(d) Cures.

5. Where does Sibgator decide to stay in order to keep himself comfortable when he is staying at the cancer ward?
(a) Hallway.
(b) A bathroom.
(c) Nurses station.
(d) His bed.

6. Someone wanted to throw Oleg out of the hospital because he was not from ________, according to his recollection.
(a) The government.
(b) The sickest group.
(c) Kazakhstan.
(d) Russia.

7. Vera allows people to assume she has a _________ since she feels it would be embarrassing to admit otherwise.
(a) Husband.
(b) Medical degree.
(c) Education.
(d) License.

8. Pavel learns that Rodichev has been ________ and that he is now returning to the town.
(a) Killed.
(b) Rehabilitated.
(c) Cleared of all charges.
(d) Put into power once more.

9. During his dream, Pavel's _______ hurts, but he can not remember why this hurts at all.
(a) Leg.
(b) Arm.
(c) Neck.
(d) Stomach.

10. Who is supposed to be absent from the ward for ten days in order to attend a political rally?
(a) Zoya.
(b) Dontsova.
(c) Vera.
(d) Olympiada.

11. To whom does Pavel say he will report the woman physicians because he is angry with his treatment?
(a) His wife.
(b) The authorities.
(c) His son.
(d) The president.

12. What is the number of the ward that Pavel is directed to when he arrives at the hospital?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

13. Yefrem is described as feeling his _______ receding as a part of the disease he is faced with in the story.
(a) Family.
(b) Connections.
(c) Memories.
(d) Spirit.

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

15. Who comes with Kapa to drop Pavel off at the hospital when he is admitted to the cancer ward?
(a) Yuri.
(b) An armed guard.
(c) No one.
(d) Dymoka.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the main physical symptom that Dontsova is suffering herself and that she knows is a sign of a serious problem?

4. Pavel refers to some of the other patients by their _________, as in the patients he calls Uz Becks.

5. Who does Vera remember as being difficult even when he first started to stay in the cancer ward?

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