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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dog?
(a) Sharik.
(b) Ilari.
(c) Alik.
(d) Foma.

2. What does Philippovich do while Zina takes Sharik for a walk in Chapter 4?
(a) Takes a shower.
(b) Prepares the examination room.
(c) Telephones a colleague.
(d) Looks at medical pictures.

3. What does Sharik call the second doctor at Philippovich's office?
(a) The bitten one.
(b) The short one.
(c) The ugly one.
(d) The young one.

4. Why does Dr. Bormenthal make most of the observations about Sharik's progress?
(a) Philippovich is ill.
(b) Philip is out of town.
(c) Philip is busy with his patients.
(d) Philip can't bring himself to look at Sharik.

5. What color hair does one of Philippovich's patients have?
(a) Pink.
(b) Bright red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

6. What group are the four young men who visit Philippovich's office from?
(a) The house management committee.
(b) The property organization authority.
(c) The Moscow housing authority.
(d) The state employment committee.

7. What is the name of Philippovich's cook?
(a) Inna.
(b) Darya.
(c) Katia.
(d) Agnessa.

8. How does Sharik feel at first to be wearing a collar and leash?
(a) Excited.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Proud.

9. Where does the dog forage for food?
(a) At a beach.
(b) In a school yard.
(c) Outside a grocery store.
(d) In alleys.

10. Which of the following does the dog NOT decide about the gentleman in Chapter 1?
(a) He has a calm disposition.
(b) He doesn't steal.
(c) He eats well.
(d) He wouldn't kick a dog.

11. Who takes Sharik for a walk in Chapter 3?
(a) Zina.
(b) Pyotr.
(c) Darya.
(d) Philippovich.

12. What does Philippovich say he will use to perform an ovarian transplant?
(a) Monkey ovaries.
(b) Pig ovaries.
(c) Cow ovaries.
(d) Cat ovaries.

13. Who does Philippovich call to complain about being asked to give up two of his rooms?
(a) Alexey Alexandrovich.
(b) Dmitrii Alexandrovich.
(c) Boris Alexandrovich.
(d) Pyotr Alexandrovich.

14. Where does Sharik lie while the doctors are eating dinner?
(a) Beside the refrigerator.
(b) In front of the fire.
(c) On a rug.
(d) On the sofa.

15. What does Philippovich admit at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) That he had never operated on a dog before.
(b) That he doesn't like the sight of blood.
(c) That something went wrong in the surgery.
(d) That he had been growing fond of Sharik.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is interested to know what is going on with Philippovich's experiment?

2. What does Bormenthal shave to prepare Sharik for the operation?

3. What does the dog know the well-dressed gentleman is carrying?

4. What does the dog notice when he wakes up?

5. How did the man whose organs were used for Sharik's surgery die?

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