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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the cancer that Sibgator has, causing him to be in extreme pain most of the time?
(a) His arm.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His neck.
(d) His back.

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

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

5. Pavel refers to some of the other patients by their _________, as in the patients he calls Uz Becks.
(a) Workplace.
(b) Regional heritage.
(c) Government.
(d) Leaders.

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

7. Vera is more concerned about ________, so she decides to spend more time with him than usual.
(a) Yefrem.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Dyomka.
(d) Oleg.

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

9. Which of the patients is announced to have died during this portion of the story?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Yefrem.
(d) Vadim.

10. What is Zoya studying in the book when she is talking with the other patients?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Obstetrics.
(c) Tumors.
(d) Injuries.

11. Yefrem doesn't listen to Pavel because he is thinking more about his _________ than anything else.
(a) Disease.
(b) Wife.
(c) Brother.
(d) Son.

12. What does Dontsova decide to grab on her way home from the hospital?
(a) Pain medication.
(b) More treatments for her patients.
(c) A medical kit.
(d) Groceries.

13. Yefrem believes the men should be talking about what a man's ________ is for, instead of talking about other nonsense.
(a) Power.
(b) Family.
(c) Life.
(d) Money.

14. Dontsova is compared to a(n)on _________ which is overworked and overused, according to the text in the book.
(a) X-ray machine.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Patient.
(d) Book.

15. What does Vadim feel he has to contribute to the world during his short time on the planet?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A scientific discovery.
(c) His laugh.
(d) His smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Pavel say he will report the woman physicians because he is angry with his treatment?

2. On what day of the week does Pavel's wife come to see him in the cancer ward?

3. What does Oleg begin to study in order to ensure he is healthy for when he is with Zoya?

4. What is the nickname that is assigned to Kostoglotov by Pavel when Pavel first meets this person?

5. What does the patient in #56 realize that the surgeon's answer probably means for his case?

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