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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Dontsova not read because she doesn't want to know what they say about her?
(a) Books.
(b) X-rays.
(c) Lab reports.
(d) Progress notes.

2. Who walks the halls because he cannot sleep in his bed before he is released?
(a) Lev.
(b) Dyomka.
(c) Oleg.
(d) Vadim.

3. Who tells Oleg it would have been better to be in the prison camp than to be one who acted as a witness against those going to prison camps?
(a) Lev.
(b) Shulubin.
(c) Vadim.
(d) Pavel.

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

5. 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.

6. In the case of the women who were accused of stealing, what was their punishment?
(a) Jail time.
(b) Capital punishment.
(c) Pay back what they stole.
(d) Community service.

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

8. Lev points out that birch tree fungus is all the rage in ________, according to the medical world.
(a) Kiev.
(b) Leningrad.
(c) Stalingrad.
(d) Moscow.

9. Vera says that she must write a _________ of Oleg's illness before he can be discharged from the hospital.
(a) Resume.
(b) Book.
(c) Note.
(d) Prescription.

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

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

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

13. At the start of this section, who is walking the grounds of the hospital, remembering where he used to live?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Vadim.
(c) Dyomka.
(d) Pavel.

14. Who believes the purpose of the rounds is to help cheer the patients up during their stay?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Vera.
(d) Lev.

15. How many years in prison was the truck driver's sentence when the loss in the truck was discovered?
(a) He didn't get into trouble.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many had to simply agree with the _______ in order to protect themselves and their families.

2. Who does Oleg write a note telling them about the zoo and the animal who was abused?

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

4. While it is the second anniversary of _______ death, there is only a small article in the paper about this event, which disappoints Pavel.

5. One of the ________ was exiled as well and lost her daughter in the process.

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