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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. Yefrem doesn't listen to Pavel because he is thinking more about his _________ than anything else.
(a) Son.
(b) Brother.
(c) Disease.
(d) Wife.

2. What does the nurse bring to the ward that Pavel wants to see before anyone else?
(a) Movie.
(b) Telegram.
(c) Paper.
(d) Notice.

3. What does Zoya tell Oleg not to take so that he can be able to maintain his virility when they have a chance to be together?
(a) Water.
(b) Any more pills.
(c) Food.
(d) Injections.

4. Oleg tells Zoya she should move to the ________ of Kazakhstan when she gets her medical license.
(a) Suburb.
(b) Slums.
(c) Steppes.
(d) City.

5. Who tells the women physicians that he is ready to go home, as he often tells them during his time on the ward?
(a) Vadim.
(b) Dyomka.
(c) Oleg.
(d) Pavel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kapa tells Pavel she has received a letter from his ________ which brings Pavel bad news about the town.

2. To whom does Pavel say he will report the woman physicians because he is angry with his treatment?

3. What is Zoya studying in the book when she is talking with the other patients?

4. The other patients make fun of Pavel as they ask him why he is on the ___________ if he does not have cancer.

5. How many other patients are assigned to the ward that Pavel is assigned to, though he does not care to know them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zoya learn about the status of Oleg when they are talking in the doctor's lounge?

2. What is the secret that Vera has been keeping, one that others assume is not the truth and she does not correct them?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Pavel almost forget to tell his wife during their Sunday visit at the hospital?

9. With what does Zoya ask Oleg to help her when she arrives at the hospital for her shift?

10. What is another way that Pavel decides to categorize the other patients in the ward with him, aside from the answer to #5?

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