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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his dream, Pavel's _______ hurts, but he can not remember why this hurts at all.
(a) Leg.
(b) Arm.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Neck.

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

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

4. Who does Zoya enlist to help her with the administrative duties she needs to do?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Oleg.
(c) Vadim.
(d) Dymoka.

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

6. Dontsova is a person who is committed to _______ her patients and to being everything she can be to everyone in her life.
(a) Supporting.
(b) Ignoring.
(c) Loving.
(d) Healing.

7. 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) Cure.
(d) Marry.

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

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

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

11. What does the nurse give to Pavel when he wakes up from his injection?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Juice.
(c) Beer.
(d) Water.

12. Which of the patients is announced to have died during this portion of the story?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Yefrem.
(d) Vadim.

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

14. 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) Hospital.
(d) Book.

15. Someone wanted to throw Oleg out of the hospital because he was not from ________, according to his recollection.
(a) The sickest group.
(b) The government.
(c) Russia.
(d) Kazakhstan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dontsova travel to and from the hospital?

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

3. What does Kapa attempt to give the nurse in order to help Pavel get better treatment than others?

4. Dontsova and Vera work for hours every day without any __________ for their efforts.

5. What is Pavel allowed to wear, which is the only concession in his stay at the hospital?

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