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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _________ is a very strong man, a construction worker who travels all over the Soviet Union to do the hardest work.
(a) Oleg.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Dontsova.
(d) Yefrem.

3. Pavel learns that Rodichev has been ________ and that he is now returning to the town.
(a) Rehabilitated.
(b) Cleared of all charges.
(c) Put into power once more.
(d) Killed.

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

5. Pavel is an important man in the Soviet Union and he has a tumor on his _______ when he comes to the ward.
(a) Foot.
(b) Arm.
(c) Hand.
(d) Neck.

6. What does Sibgator not have as a result of his condition, though other patients have one of these?
(a) Light.
(b) Bed.
(c) Bedpan.
(d) Book.

7. What does Oleg believe Zoya looks like when she takes off her nurse's cap?
(a) His mother.
(b) An angel.
(c) Teddy bear.
(d) Tiger.

8. 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) Food.
(d) Money.

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

10. 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) Chain smoke.
(d) Ignore patients.

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

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

13. What does Kostoglotov ask to borrow from Zoya when they are flirting together at the nurses station?
(a) A bottle of water.
(b) Medical textbook.
(c) Stethoscope.
(d) Cigarette.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the dream, Pavel is told by a woman that he is the man who made her husband ________ over the years.

4. How old is Vadim when he comes to the ward, knowing that he only has months to live?

5. Who can read a little Latin, which allows him to decipher that one patient has an untreatable tumor?

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