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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oleg tells Zoya she should move to the ________ of Kazakhstan when she gets her medical license.
(a) City.
(b) Slums.
(c) Steppes.
(d) Suburb.

2. 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.

3. __________ is miserable and in pain when they are at the hospital for their treatment.
(a) Yuri.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Zoya.
(d) Kapa.

4. What does Pavel receive after he has had a chance to read the paper after Oleg reads it?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Sedative.
(c) Injection.
(d) X-ray.

5. What is the form of government that is in place at the time of the Soviet Union in the story?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Communist.
(c) None.
(d) Facist.

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

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

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

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

10. The tumor that Pavel has prevents him from being able to ____________, which causes him to change the way he interacts with others.
(a) Smile.
(b) Lift his arm.
(c) Move his body.
(d) Turn from side to side.

11. Dontsova and Vera work for hours every day without any __________ for their efforts.
(a) Promotion.
(b) Support.
(c) Appreciation.
(d) Money.

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

13. Who looks at the patients with contempt and refuses to learn more about them?
(a) Zoya.
(b) Oleg.
(c) Dontsova.
(d) Pavel.

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

15. What is Dontsova also trying to complete, though she doesn't seem to have the time for this assignment?
(a) Book.
(b) Thesis.
(c) Journal.
(d) Case study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zoya just wants a ________ to be her husband so that she can have a better life than her parents did.

2. Where was Oleg first when he was diagnosed with cancer, though he was not told of his test results?

3. Pavel and his wife claim to ______ people, but they do not want to be too close to them at the same time.

4. Dontsova tells Oleg that he should stay in the ward because she wants to _______ him, even though he is feeling better now.

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

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