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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 Oleg realize about Vera when she comes with Zoya to examine him while on rounds?

2. What does Chaly offer to give to Pavel if Pavel gives him his phone number?

3. Dr. Oreshchenkov is a doctor who has been jailed a number of times because he wanted to have a _______________.

4. The doctor talks about how the present _________ has robbed children of their trusted family doctor.

5. __________ cannot believe millions of Soviets actually believe the lies that are coming from the government.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens because Dontsova is a doctor who is seeking medical testing and evaluation?

2. What does Dyomka's surgeon have to do immediately after the surgery at the start of this section?

3. Why does the zoo end up depressing Oleg when he is finally able to go there?

4. What is the situation of the orderly with whom Oleg talks in the halls when he cannot sleep?

5. Why has Dr. Oreshchenkov been jailed and punished many times during his medical career?

6. What does Oleg do when he is finally released from the hospital?

7. What does Pavel want to do now that he thinks he has been completely cured?

8. Why is Dyomka moved out of the cancer ward at the beginning of this section?

9. What is the opinion that Dontsova has of socialized medicine about which the other doctor realizes he cannot sway her?

10. What is happening with the treatment for Vadim according to the text in this chapter?

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

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?

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