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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 Dontsova decide to grab on her way home from the hospital?

2. What does the nurse bring to the ward that Pavel wants to see before anyone else?

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.

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?

5. Pavel and his wife claim to ______ people, but they do not want to be too close to them at the same time.

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 only concession that Pavel is allowed when he is entered into the cancer ward along with the other patients?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Pavel find out in the paper when he finally gets a chance to read it after Oleg is done?

9. What happens as a result of Pavel and his wife making a number of calls before Pavel is admitted to the cancer 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

The senior surgeon, Yevgenia Ustinovna, smokes constantly and even uses two fingers to raise her lips.

Part 1: Do you think that a doctor should smoke?

Part 2: Would you want to be under the care of a physician who is always smoking?

Part 3: Do you think that all doctors should be examples for their patients, in terms of healthy habits?

Essay Topic 2

The doctors and nurses have a no-nonsense attitude toward Pavel and his outbursts about how he is being treated.

Part 1: Why do you think Pavel wanted to report the care of the doctors and nurses?

Part 2: Do you think that Pavel has a case against the doctors and nurses? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think a doctor and nurse should treat a patient who might be dying?

Essay Topic 3

Zoya knows that she wants to have a better life than the one that her family has had.

Part 1: Do you think that all people want to have a better life than those who came before them?

Part 2: How do you think you could improve your life right now?

Part 3: Is it possible to always create a new life, one that is different from one's parents?

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