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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vera says that she must write a _________ of Oleg's illness before he can be discharged from the hospital.
(a) Note.
(b) Resume.
(c) Prescription.
(d) Book.

2. Lev points out that birch tree fungus is all the rage in ________, according to the medical world.
(a) Kiev.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Stalingrad.
(d) Leningrad.

3. Whose mother has found the special treatment for his cancer, and she is sending it through channels?
(a) Lev.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Vadim.
(d) Oleg.

4. One of the ________ was exiled as well and lost her daughter in the process.
(a) Patients.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Orderlies.
(d) Government officials.

5. Who disagrees with Aviette when she is talking with her father?
(a) Vera.
(b) Oleg.
(c) Proshka.
(d) Vadim.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Oleg learn about Lev during this section of the story? Lev has been __________.

3. Who is the new neighbor of Pavel beside him in the hospital room?

4. Who walks the halls because he cannot sleep in his bed before he is released?

5. What does Oleg decide to buy for Vera when he begins to go to her house to see her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the worry of Dontsova as Pavel continues to have injections in his treatment plan?

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

3. What does Lev believe the purpose of the rounds are, so he makes sure to act accordingly?

4. What does Dyomka make Oleg promise to do when he is released from the ward?

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

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

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

8. What does Lev tell Oleg about women and how they affect men in their lives?

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

10. What does Dontsova tell Vera to do when Oleg is given permission to go home?

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