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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dontsova travel to and from the hospital?
(a) Train.
(b) By foot.
(c) Bus.
(d) Car.

2. When Pavel talks to his doctor about his condition, his doctor tells him that he does not have ___________.
(a) A chance.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) To worry about medication.

3. What does Dontsova tell Oleg about his treatment, which is why he cannot leave just yet?
(a) He isn't ready to go home.
(b) It doesn't work.
(c) It hasn't started.
(d) It's incomplete.

4. The men constantly think about how difficult it was for them to get ___________ to the cancer ward.
(a) Admitted.
(b) Moved.
(c) Money to go.
(d) Released.

5. Whose magic root needs to be poured out in order to avoid being found by the authorities?
(a) No one's.
(b) Pavel's.
(c) Oleg's.
(d) Yefrem's.

6. The surgeon tells Proshka that she will explain his _________ to him before his discharge from the cancer ward.
(a) Medications.
(b) Boundaries.
(c) Certificates.
(d) Home life.

7. Pavel and his wife claim to ______ people, but they do not want to be too close to them at the same time.
(a) Understand.
(b) Enjoy.
(c) Love.
(d) Avoid.

8. 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) Cures.
(d) Infections.

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

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

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

12. The nurse says there is no one to whom she could give the ________, even if she could take it from Pavel.
(a) Book.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

13. Pavel assigns ________ to the other patients on the ward after they begin to make fun of him for thinking he doesn't have cancer.
(a) Ranks.
(b) Colors.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Nicknames.

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

15. Who does Vera remember as being difficult even when he first started to stay in the cancer ward?
(a) Olympiada.
(b) Oleg.
(c) Kosto.
(d) Vadim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chief surgeon in the cancer ward do which causes some to think she is not setting a good example?

2. Dyomka and the new man are talking about _________ when this particular chapter begins.

3. Where is Pavel told to go to when he answers the phone as a part of his dream?

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

5. What does the nurse bring to the ward that Pavel wants to see before anyone else?

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