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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the treatment that Vadim receives when he is first admitted to the cancer ward?
(a) X-ray.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Birch bark fungus.

2. On what day of the week does Pavel's wife come to see him in the cancer ward?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

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

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

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

6. The other patients make fun of Pavel as they ask him why he is on the ___________ if he does not have cancer.
(a) Medication.
(b) Cancer ward.
(c) Government.
(d) Soviet medical plan.

7. What does Pavel want his wife to research when she goes back home from the hospital?
(a) Vera and Dontsova.
(b) Radiation sickness.
(c) Birch tree fungus.
(d) His government position.

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

9. What did Pavel and his wife make in order to try to bypass the normal treatment regimens in the hospital?
(a) Car rides.
(b) Calls.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Naps.

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

11. Which patient tells the surgeon that he is tired of the cutting and wants to be released?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Vadim.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Yefrem.

12. Dontsova tells Oleg that he should stay in the ward because she wants to _______ him, even though he is feeling better now.
(a) Get to know.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Marry.
(d) Cure.

13. Oleg feels very ______ when he is talking with Zoya openly and honestly.
(a) Alive.
(b) Bored.
(c) Antsy.
(d) Aroused.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Oleg and Zoya filling up in the supply room when they suddenly begin kissing each other?

2. What does Kostoglotov ask to borrow from Zoya when they are flirting together at the nurses station?

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

4. Who did Pavel put into a school as a result of sending away the child of the woman in the dream?

5. What is Dontsova also trying to complete, though she doesn't seem to have the time for this assignment?

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