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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the patient in #56 realize that the surgeon's answer probably means for his case?

2. What is Pavel allowed to wear, which is the only concession in his stay at the hospital?

3. Where is Pavel told to go to when he answers the phone as a part of his dream?

4. Who is the night nurse trying to get her work done, but there is too much work for her to do?

5. What does Pavel receive after he has had a chance to read the paper after Oleg reads it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why has Zoya decided to wear a particular dress on the day that starts out this section of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oleg seems to be a bit of a playboy on the ward, falling in love with several women.

Part 1: Do you think a cancer ward is the best place for a person to find love?

Part 2: How do you think a person could create a healthy relationship in a hospital?

Part 3: Do you think patients should strike up relationships with their health care workers?

Essay Topic 2

Pavel and his wife claim to love people, but they do not want to be too close to them.

Part 1: Can you love a person without being close to them?

Part 2: How do you think Pavel and his wife define the idea of love in relation to others?

Part 3: Do you think that you can love people without wanting to be close to them?

Essay Topic 3

There weren't tracking devices for measuring how much radiation a person has gotten in their lives, causing people like Dontsova to get radiation sickness.

Part 1: Why do you think tracking devices weren't used to track one's exposure to radiation?

Part 2: Do you think that radiation tracking devices were available during the time period of the book?

Part 3: How do you think current hospitals might track the radiation that a person receives?

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