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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Vera remember as being difficult even when he first started to stay in the cancer ward?
(a) Kosto.
(b) Olympiada.
(c) Vadim.
(d) Oleg.

2. Which of the patients is announced to have died during this portion of the story?
(a) Yefrem.
(b) Vadim.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Oleg.

3. Someone wanted to throw Oleg out of the hospital because he was not from ________, according to his recollection.
(a) The sickest group.
(b) Kazakhstan.
(c) Russia.
(d) The government.

4. Kapa tells Pavel she has received a letter from his ________ which brings Pavel bad news about the town.
(a) Sister.
(b) Friend.
(c) Brother.
(d) Mother.

5. Where is Pavel during his long and strange dream that he has during his treatment?
(a) A hospital.
(b) Long tube.
(c) A lake.
(d) His home.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ is miserable and in pain when they are at the hospital for their treatment.

2. What does Kostoglotov ask to borrow from Zoya when they are flirting together at the nurses station?

3. Where was Oleg first when he was diagnosed with cancer, though he was not told of his test results?

4. Vera learns there will be an ________ the next day so the hospital staff needs to put away anything that was not a part of what was issued to the hospital.

5. Which patient tells the surgeon that he is tired of the cutting and wants to be released?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the head man want to throw Oleg out of the hospital during the inspection?

2. Why did Oleg come to the hospital in the first place, according to his conversation with others?

3. What is the title of the story that most intrigues Yefrem in the collection of stories he is reading?

4. What does Vera find in Oleg's cabinet before an inspection of the ward?

5. Why was Oleg never told about the original biopsies of his primary tumor?

6. What does Oleg know about Vera, even though this does not stop him from being attracted to her?

7. What does the orderly do though she has only completed a part of her job?

8. What does Pavel learn from his doctor when he asks about his health condition?

9. What does Vera tell Pavel when he begins to get upset with the others in the room?

10. What does Ustinovna do when she is not smoking a cigarette, which shows that she is a heavy smoker?

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