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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When ________ comes back, Oleg decides to have the transfusion anyway since he trusts this person more.
(a) Zoya.
(b) Vera.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Dontsova.

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

3. Vera finds out that Oleg has charmed Zoya to get out of having ___________.
(a) Therapy.
(b) Medications.
(c) Injections.
(d) Bed pain.

4. Lev says that a woman will keep a man from doing something ______ in his life.
(a) Stupid.
(b) Honorable.
(c) True.
(d) Serious.

5. How old is the doctor whose house Donstova visits at the start of this section?
(a) 29.
(b) 75.
(c) 80.
(d) 45.

6. The Kadmins, Oleg remembers, only found _______ in everything that happened to them.
(a) Joy.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Pain.
(d) Anguish.

7. What does Vera reveal about Dontsova when she is talking to Lev during this section?
(a) She is leaving.
(b) She is being promoted.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She is unqualified.

8. One of the ________ was exiled as well and lost her daughter in the process.
(a) Patients.
(b) Government officials.
(c) Orderlies.
(d) Nurses.

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

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

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

12. What comes into the room just as the conversation between the doctors begins to get heated and exhausted?
(a) A cool breeze.
(b) The doctor's wife.
(c) A nurse.
(d) St. Bernard dog.

13. What does Chaly offer to give to Pavel if Pavel gives him his phone number?
(a) A deal on good tires.
(b) A connection in the government.
(c) A call.
(d) A book.

14. Who believes himself to be completely cured at this point of the story?
(a) Vadim.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Oleg.
(d) Dyomka.

15. How many letters per year was the husband of the worker allowed to have each year?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman from #138 want from Dyomka after she learns about her breast?

2. In the case of the women who were accused of stealing, what was their punishment?

3. What is the name of one of the ineffective doctors who talks to Lev as if Oleg is not there?

4. To what does Dyomka finally agree in order to be moved out of the ward?

5. What does the doctor decide he wants to do for Dontsova after listening to her symptoms?

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