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Abraham Verghese
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and Its People in the Age of AIDS Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Abraham Verghese
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who was Abraham's infectious disease mentor in Tennessee?
(a) Mark Whitcomb.
(b) David Wyatt.
(c) Steven Berk.
(d) Andrew Stein.

2. What color boots did one of the men have who flew from New York to see the young man who was admitted to Johnson City Medical Center in August, 1985?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Navy.

3. How many times was Gordon hospitalized with bronchitis between the ages of 4-7?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

4. After a code blue was called on a young man admitted in August of 1985 to the Johnson City Medical Center, who performed the chest compression?
(a) Ray.
(b) An ICU nurse.
(c) Claire.
(d) A beefy intern.

5. What was Fred Goodson's occupation when he met Abraham?
(a) Plumbing.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. By June of 1987, how many AIDS patients had been seen at the VA hospital?

2. Three weeks after Gordon was admitted to the hospital, what did he tell his mother he saw?

3. How long after the first AIDS patient is treated in Johnson City does Abraham return to Tennessee?

4. What type of clothes was Gordon buried in?

5. What did Abraham like to do on Sunday mornings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is given to a young man who was driving from New York to his parents' home in Johnson, after he awakes frightened in the ICU?

2. What were church services like for Abraham in Ethiopia?

3. What places had Abraham visited in Abingdon, Virginia?

4. How does Gordon say that he has been feeling?

5. A young man is taken to the ER on August 11, 1985; how do his parents react when they learn he has AIDS?

6. What inspired Fred Goodson to lose weight when he was in college?

7. What are some places where Abraham goes with his son Steven in the evening?

8. What were two problems with the foreign physicians that the staff at the Mountain Home VA had to deal with?

9. Describe what Abraham saw when he went to the cemetery where Gordon was buried.

10. What did Vickie McCary do when she learned her husband Clyde had AIDS?

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