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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treatment has left Oleg feeling run down and less able to take the walks he used to take in the grounds?
(a) Drug.
(b) X-ray.
(c) Lack of treatment.
(d) Injection.

2. _________ is always quiet, walking around the ward, listening to all of the conversations, but not contributing to them.
(a) Oleg.
(b) Federau.
(c) Zadim.
(d) Shulubin.

3. What does Oleg decide to buy for Vera when he begins to go to her house to see her?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Roses.
(c) Violets.
(d) Wine.

4. Who has become one of Oleg's adversaries at this point of the story?
(a) Lev.
(b) Federau.
(c) Vadim.
(d) Atienne.

5. What is the name of one of the ineffective doctors who talks to Lev as if Oleg is not there?
(a) Vera.
(b) Federau.
(c) Vadim.
(d) Angelica.

6. What is the profession that Aviette wants to pursue, though her father does not support this?
(a) Writer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Baker.

7. Out of the five doctors who are receiving pay, how many of them are capable of operating on patients?
(a) All of them.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. Who decides that Oleg should not see Vera so he is told that she is not there?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her roommates.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

9. What does Oleg learn about Lev during this section of the story? Lev has been __________.
(a) To the United States.
(b) A government man.
(c) In prison camp.
(d) Trained in holistic medicine.

10. Aviette talks about how one should tell others of the _____________ in life, rather than to talk about the opposite side of life.
(a) Mercies.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Good things.
(d) Bad things.

11. What did Oleg feel he needed to wait to do when he was living in the wild land?
(a) Leave.
(b) Talk to his family.
(c) Get treatment.
(d) Marry.

12. Who does Lev seek out in order to find a better conversation than the one that is happening in the private room?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Zoya.
(c) Vera.
(d) Pavel.

13. __________ wants to get healthy, return to his village, marry, and have children, according to his plans.
(a) Dyomka.
(b) Proshka.
(c) Oleg.
(d) Vadim.

14. What does the woman from #138 want from Dyomka after she learns about her breast?
(a) A kiss on her breast.
(b) Money.
(c) A promise to take care of her.
(d) A hug.

15. Where does Oleg go in order to go back to Ush-Terek?
(a) Exile office.
(b) Vera's house.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Kadmins, Oleg remembers, only found _______ in everything that happened to them.

2. What does Vera reveal about Dontsova when she is talking to Lev during this section?

3. What does Chaly offer to Pavel before they begin to talk about their lives in more detail?

4. Who does Pavel now lay beside since he is in too much pain to fight or to argue?

5. Vera finds out that Oleg gets a ________ from Zoya every morning.

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