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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 Dontsova also trying to complete, though she doesn't seem to have the time for this assignment?
(a) Book.
(b) Case study.
(c) Thesis.
(d) Journal.

2. What does Oleg begin to study in order to ensure he is healthy for when he is with Zoya?
(a) Medical textbooks.
(b) Patient charts.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) His body.

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

4. 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) Food.
(b) Injections.
(c) Any more pills.
(d) Water.

5. 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) Leg pain.
(c) Stomach pain.
(d) Head pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dyomka and the new man are talking about _________ when this particular chapter begins.

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

3. Who tries to get the political trip canceled several times, but is unsuccessful in doing so?

4. Vera is more concerned about ________, so she decides to spend more time with him than usual.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sibgator decide that he wants to stand in the hallway instead of having a bed like everyone else in the ward?

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

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

5. What is the advice that Oleg gives to Zoya when they are talking at the nurses station?

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

7. When the new man and Dyomka are talking in the ward, what does one of the men say it is better to do than to die?

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

9. What does the new man say that life is for when Yefrem joins the conversation?

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

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