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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. When does Gordon think he may have contracted AIDS?
(a) 1979 or 1980.
(b) 1982 or 1983.
(c) 1980 or 1981.
(d) 1983 or 1984.

2. Where did Fred Goodson go to college?
(a) Florida Southern.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) University of Georgia.
(d) South Carolina State.

3. Where did Abraham finish medical school?
(a) America.
(b) India.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Carribbean.

4. To whom do Abraham's parents trace their religion back to?
(a) Apostle Thomas.
(b) Apostle Paul.
(c) Apostle John.
(d) Apostle Peter.

5. What did Abraham like to do on Sunday mornings?
(a) Play golf.
(b) Go jogging.
(c) Play tennis.
(d) Go for walks with his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Essie's job at the hospital where she works?

2. What type of cancer had Essie had?

3. At the VA hospital, what was the nickname for the room where veterans were moved when they were dying?

4. What was Otis Jackson's CD4 count?

5. Where was the first place that Abraham experienced racism?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Abraham learn about unexplained fevers in AIDS patients as he gained experience?

2. What lingers in his mind when Abraham thinks back to his first AIDS patients?

3. What does a doctor look for in a patient exam?

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

5. How had Abraham's Wednesday afternoon clinic changed by 1987?

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

7. How did Gordon feel after his baptism?

8. What were the rural hospitals like where Abraham would work in small emergency rooms on weekends?

9. Why didn't Abraham go to Gordon's funeral?

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

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