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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main physical symptom that Dontsova is suffering herself and that she knows is a sign of a serious problem?
(a) Stomach pain.
(b) Arm pain.
(c) Leg pain.
(d) Head pain.

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

4. Zoya just wants a ________ to be her husband so that she can have a better life than her parents did.
(a) Powerful man.
(b) Rich man.
(c) Strong man.
(d) Good man.

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

6. Who is the author of the short stories that Yefrem is reading, which causes Pavel to laugh?
(a) Romanchekov.
(b) Blurga.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Dostoevsky.

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

8. What does the patient in #56 realize that the surgeon's answer probably means for his case?
(a) He is cured.
(b) He is on the right path.
(c) He is going to get better soon.
(d) He is a goner.

9. Who is the night nurse trying to get her work done, but there is too much work for her to do?
(a) Vera.
(b) Zoya.
(c) Dontsova.
(d) Alexa.

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

11. In the dream, Pavel is told by a woman that he is the man who made her husband ________ over the years.
(a) Be promoted.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Die.
(d) Angry.

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

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

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

15. Where was Oleg first when he was diagnosed with cancer, though he was not told of his test results?
(a) A school.
(b) Home.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) Field hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vadim feel he has to contribute to the world during his short time on the planet?

2. Dontsova is a person who is committed to _______ her patients and to being everything she can be to everyone in her life.

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

4. Who tries to get the political trip canceled several times, but is unsuccessful in doing so?

5. Who does Zoya enlist to help her with the administrative duties she needs to do?

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