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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Lack of treatment.
(c) Injection.
(d) X-ray.

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

4. How many injections has Pavel had at this point of the story, though they are helping his tumor shrink?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

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

6. Chaly admits that he has _________ when he comes back into the room with the other patients.
(a) A boyfriend.
(b) Two wives.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Upset the government.

7. Vera finds out that Oleg gets a ________ from Zoya every morning.
(a) Cuddle.
(b) Shot.
(c) Pill.
(d) Rose.

8. What is the reaction of the two women who were given the punishment they were given by Yuri for stealing?
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

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

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

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

12. ___________ is told to go to Moscow in order to get her testing done because she is one of the doctors.
(a) Zoya.
(b) Vera.
(c) Dontsova.
(d) Lev.

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

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

15. Dontsova tells Vera to give Oleg some _________ before he is released to go home.
(a) Pencils.
(b) Papers.
(c) Tablets.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Dyomka when he gets out of surgery for his back?

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

3. Who disagrees with Aviette when she is talking with her father?

4. Who begins to make preparations for a card game with Pavel and the others?

5. Who does Pavel offer a ride when he is driving away from the hospital?

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