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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. Which patient tells the surgeon that he is tired of the cutting and wants to be released?

2. What does Dontsova decide to grab on her way home from the hospital?

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

4. Dontsova is concerned about patients who have experienced ____________, even as they were treated in other parts of their bodies.

5. What does Vadim feel he has to contribute to the world during his short time on the planet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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

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 3

Dontsova is committed to the healing of her patients, using up her energy and her time to help them before helping herself.

Part 1: Why do you think some doctors are committed to their patients and others are not?

Part 2: How do you think a patient might be able to find a helpful doctor?

Part 3: Do you think that all doctors should be as concerned about their patients as Dontsova?

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