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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oleg feels very ______ when he is talking with Zoya openly and honestly.
(a) Aroused.
(b) Bored.
(c) Alive.
(d) Antsy.

2. What does Yefrem decide he needs to tell all of the patients on the ward as a part of his life's mission?
(a) They are all a part of the system.
(b) They are being told lies.
(c) He is going to die.
(d) They are going to die.

3. Where is the cancer that Sibgator has, causing him to be in extreme pain most of the time?
(a) His back.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His neck.
(d) His arm.

4. On what day of the week does Pavel's wife come to see him in the cancer ward?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

5. Yefrem doesn't listen to Pavel because he is thinking more about his _________ than anything else.
(a) Wife.
(b) Disease.
(c) Son.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yefrem is described as feeling his _______ receding as a part of the disease he is faced with in the story.

2. Vera tells Pavel that he can have a(n) _________ at 11:30am that day or he can choose to check out.

3. How does Dontsova travel to and from the hospital?

4. Dontsova is a person who is committed to _______ her patients and to being everything she can be to everyone in her life.

5. What is the main physical symptom that Dontsova is suffering herself and that she knows is a sign of a serious problem?

(see the answer key)

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