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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. What is the main physical symptom that Dontsova is suffering herself and that she knows is a sign of a serious problem?
(a) Arm pain.
(b) Head pain.
(c) Leg pain.
(d) Stomach pain.

2. Whose magic root needs to be poured out in order to avoid being found by the authorities?
(a) Yefrem's.
(b) Oleg's.
(c) No one's.
(d) Pavel's.

3. 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.
(a) Investigator.
(b) Interrogation.
(c) Inspection.
(d) Intern.

4. Where is the cancer that Sibgator has, causing him to be in extreme pain most of the time?
(a) His arm.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His back.
(d) His neck.

5. Dontsova and Vera work for hours every day without any __________ for their efforts.
(a) Money.
(b) Appreciation.
(c) Support.
(d) Promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pavel and his wife make in order to try to bypass the normal treatment regimens in the hospital?

2. How does Dontsova travel to and from the hospital?

3. Who comes with Kapa to drop Pavel off at the hospital when he is admitted to the cancer ward?

4. When Pavel talks to his doctor about his condition, his doctor tells him that he does not have ___________.

5. How old is Vadim when he comes to the ward, knowing that he only has months to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the administrative assistant Olympiada going to be away from the hospital for a few days?

2. What is the physical symptom that Dontsova is experiencing though she does not tell anyone about it?

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

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

5. What does Pavel do with the other patients in the ward since he does not want to learn their names when he sees them?

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

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

8. Why does Zoya have trouble getting her work done when she is on shift at the hospital?

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

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

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