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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 nurse bring to the ward that Pavel wants to see before anyone else?

2. To whom does Pavel say he will report the woman physicians because he is angry with his treatment?

3. _________ is a very strong man, a construction worker who travels all over the Soviet Union to do the hardest work.

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

5. Who can read a little Latin, which allows him to decipher that one patient has an untreatable tumor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What does Vera tell Pavel when he begins to get upset with the others in the room?

5. What does Yefrem consider to be a personal goal of his when he is in the cancer ward?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pavel Rusanov is an important man in the Soviet Union and he expects to be treated as such, no matter where he is.

Part 1: Do you think that importance is something that should be valued in society?

Part 2: Does it seem possible for a person to always be treated as if they are the most important person in the room?

Part 3: Why do you think Pavel is a person who expects to be important wherever he goes?

Essay Topic 3

Zoya is a nurse who has too many patients and not enough support to help them all as much as they need to be helped.

Part 1: Why do you think a hospital would employ fewer nurses than they need?

Part 2: How do you think the care of patients is affected by not having enough nurses available?

Part 3: Do you think that Zoya and other nurses are working as hard as they could to cover the extra patients?

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