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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. Who looks at the patients with contempt and refuses to learn more about them?

2. Where is Pavel told to go to when he answers the phone as a part of his dream?

3. What is the treatment that Vadim receives when he is first admitted to the cancer ward?

4. What is the form of government that is in place at the time of the Soviet Union in the story?

5. Dontsova tells Oleg that he should stay in the ward because she wants to _______ him, even though he is feeling better now.

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 does the head man want to throw Oleg out of the hospital during the inspection?

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

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

5. Why does Sibgator decide that he wants to stand in the hallway instead of having a bed like everyone else in the ward?

6. What does Oleg know about Vera, even though this does not stop him from being attracted to her?

7. What does Pavel almost forget to tell his wife during their Sunday visit at the hospital?

8. What does Kapa try to give to the nurse, though the nurse says that she cannot accept this from her?

9. With what does Zoya ask Oleg to help her when she arrives at the hospital for her shift?

10. Why is Pavel furious when Oleg takes the paper when it is delivered by a nurse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yefrem knows that he is fighting death and that he needs to do all he can while he is still alive.

Part 1: What is the value of life?

Part 2: How do you think you might react if you were given a short period to live?

Part 3: Why do you think people tend to create more personal goals as they come closer to death?

Essay Topic 2

It is very difficult to get admitted to the cancer ward, according to the patients.

Part 1: Why do you think it's so difficult to get admitted to the cancer ward?

Part 2: What might you do if you were unable to get admitted to a cancer ward?

Part 3: Do you think that all patients should be admitted for cancer treatment?

Essay Topic 3

There weren't tracking devices for measuring how much radiation a person has gotten in their lives, causing people like Dontsova to get radiation sickness.

Part 1: Why do you think tracking devices weren't used to track one's exposure to radiation?

Part 2: Do you think that radiation tracking devices were available during the time period of the book?

Part 3: How do you think current hospitals might track the radiation that a person receives?

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