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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. Pavel assigns ________ to the other patients on the ward after they begin to make fun of him for thinking he doesn't have cancer.

2. What does Oleg begin to study in order to ensure he is healthy for when he is with Zoya?

3. Where is Pavel during his long and strange dream that he has during his treatment?

4. Pavel is ________ of his wife and of his station in life and is appalled by his treatment in the hospital.

5. Dontsova and Vera work for hours every day without any __________ for their efforts.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Zoya break the rules with the other patients in the ward after Kostoglotov asks to see her books?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dontsova has a thesis in progress, but she does not have the time to work on it because of her work in the cancer ward.

Part 1: Do you think that a thesis is something that should be more important than work?

Part 2: How do you think Dontsova might improve her work as a doctor if she were to be able to finish her thesis?

Part 3: Why do you think Dontsova doesn't have the time to complete it?

Essay Topic 2

It is very difficult to get admitted to the cancer ward, according to the patients.

Part 1: Why do you think it's so difficult to get admitted to the cancer ward?

Part 2: What might you do if you were unable to get admitted to a cancer ward?

Part 3: Do you think that all patients should be admitted for cancer treatment?

Essay Topic 3

Vadim has an important discovery to share with the world, so he makes it his life mission to use every moment he has.

Part 1: Do you think that everyone has something important to contribute to the world?

Part 2: How do you think that Vadim's cancer is impacting his work?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to value every moment in one's life?

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