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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was missing from the truck when the truck driver returned from a blizzard?
(a) Case of macaroni.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Sugar.

2. At what Soviet university was Shulubin a professor before he came to the cancer ward to be treated?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Physical sciences.
(c) None.
(d) Agricultural.

3. What has Aviette brought for her father that were approved by the state?
(a) Bottles of vodka.
(b) Books.
(c) Breads.
(d) Papers.

4. Whose mother has found the special treatment for his cancer, and she is sending it through channels?
(a) Vadim.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Oleg.
(d) Lev.

5. What color is Dyomka when he gets out of surgery for his back?
(a) Gray.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

6. The idea of _______ socialism is something that Shulubin promotes when he is talking with Oleg about his past and the future.
(a) Understanding.
(b) True.
(c) Pure.
(d) Ethical.

7. Which of the patients is told that she will need to have her breast cut off in order to be saved?
(a) Asya.
(b) Dontsova.
(c) Vera.
(d) Ayla.

8. Who goes with the doctors on the rounds to see the patients during the day?
(a) Government officials.
(b) No one.
(c) Nurses.
(d) Supervisors.

9. What are doctors expecting Pavel to develop at any moment of his current treatment program?
(a) Radiation sickness.
(b) Brain malaise.
(c) Secondary tumors.
(d) Tumor decay.

10. Who is the new neighbor of Pavel beside him in the hospital room?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Yefrem.
(c) Zadir.
(d) Federau.

11. __________ cannot believe millions of Soviets actually believe the lies that are coming from the government.
(a) Vadim.
(b) Lev.
(c) Shulubin.
(d) Pavel.

12. What does the doctor decide he wants to do for Dontsova after listening to her symptoms?
(a) Do nothing.
(b) Wait a few months.
(c) Give her some medication to try.
(d) Get an x-ray.

13. While it is the second anniversary of _______ death, there is only a small article in the paper about this event, which disappoints Pavel.
(a) Lenin's.
(b) Mussolini's.
(c) Hitler's.
(d) Stalin's.

14. Who begins to make preparations for a card game with Pavel and the others?
(a) Chaly.
(b) Vadim.
(c) Dyomka.
(d) Oleg.

15. To what does Dyomka finally agree in order to be moved out of the ward?
(a) To no more treatments.
(b) Operation.
(c) To having more injections.
(d) To being cured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the surgeon that operates on Dyomka's back during the story, according to the text?

2. What is the phrase that Aviette believes is improper to use when she is talking with her father?

3. Oleg becomes depressed when he realizes that he cannot ________ anything that he wants.

4. Who does Lev seek out in order to find a better conversation than the one that is happening in the private room?

5. Who decides that Oleg should not see Vera so he is told that she is not there?

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